• makeshift0546@lemmy.today
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    4 hours ago

    Can anyone explain to me how any of these votes were importtant at all, and how this isn’t just terminally online screechers?

    What do you think these magical 11 votes were going to do in a republican stacked Congress?

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      2 hours ago

      The vote was 211 to 204. An additional 11 no votes would have forced 5 more republicans to go on record. They would presumably have been from 5 districts which are less safe from criticism of Hegseth than the 211 who voted yes.

      Perhaps more importantly; those 11 votes would have showed that it takes more than 8 days for the DNC to wipe their ass with the will of the people.