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empedocles

(15,751 posts) Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:31 AM Oct 2020

CNN chyron 11:27a - 'Senate 19 GOP test positive' - Doubt about quick

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CNN chyron 11:27a - 'Senate 19 GOP test positive' - Doubt about quick (Original Post) empedocles Oct 2020 OP

Wait.......wut? Nevilledog Oct 2020 #1

Whoa! 19?!? Holy cow! berni_mccoy Oct 2020 #2

Shoot, still not enough to convict Trump for a quickie House impeachment! DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #3

But enough to vote for a new majority leader MoonlitKnight Oct 2020 #8

I thought the House could do this, but the Senate had to show up at the Senate room for votes? DonaldsRump Oct 2020 #13

McConnel refused to allow any remote meetings or votes MoonlitKnight Oct 2020 #18

Nope; Senate does not allow proxy voting. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #16

They can for floor votes MoonlitKnight Oct 2020 #20

If this is true, the GOP is imploding. Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #4

So Mote It Be! MineralMan Oct 2020 #5

I dont think that can be right. Either graphics person botched it or it was mis-read. bullimiami Oct 2020 #6

Thinking the same thing berni_mccoy Oct 2020 #11

The vultures come home to roost... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #7

Please let that be true! Bev54 Oct 2020 #9

Not likely, Someone got Covoid 19 mixed up with "Senate 19" Stuart G Oct 2020 #10

Yep edhopper Oct 2020 #12

This explanation would make sense. Efilroft Sul Oct 2020 #14

If CNN Is Right About - Senate 19 - Then They Need To..... global1 Oct 2020 #17

What? 19 Republican Senators have COVID? C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #15

Test positive, that's bit different empedocles Oct 2020 #19

How is that different? nt LAS14 Oct 2020 #22

If it's not a typo, that must include staffers. Chichiri Oct 2020 #21

It would be covered extensively... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #24

Did anyone ever see this again? nt LAS14 Oct 2020 #23

Nevilledog

(51,034 posts)

1. Wait.......wut?

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:32 AM

Oct 2020

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

2. Whoa! 19?!? Holy cow!

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:32 AM

Oct 2020

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)

3. Shoot, still not enough to convict Trump for a quickie House impeachment!

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:34 AM

Oct 2020

That would only be 58% of the Senate (meaning all 47 Ds) voting to convict.

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)

8. But enough to vote for a new majority leader

Reply to DonaldsRump (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:37 AM

Oct 2020

Unfortunately I think they can vote by proxy.

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)

13. I thought the House could do this, but the Senate had to show up at the Senate room for votes?

Reply to MoonlitKnight (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:39 AM

Oct 2020

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)

18. McConnel refused to allow any remote meetings or votes

Reply to DonaldsRump (Reply #13)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:43 AM

Oct 2020

But proxy voting has been allowed for floor votes but can’t be used for a quorum. So Moscow Mitch got outsmarted by Covid.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

16. Nope; Senate does not allow proxy voting.

Reply to MoonlitKnight (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:42 AM

Oct 2020

Dems are about to win big time; the reward for NOT BEING FUCKING INSANE.

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)

20. They can for floor votes

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #16)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:44 AM

Oct 2020

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)

4. If this is true, the GOP is imploding.

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:35 AM

Oct 2020

Our conservative leaders are super spreaders (which we sort of knew all along).

MineralMan

(146,262 posts)

5. So Mote It Be!

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:35 AM

Oct 2020

bullimiami

(13,076 posts)

6. I dont think that can be right. Either graphics person botched it or it was mis-read.

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:36 AM

Oct 2020

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

11. Thinking the same thing

Reply to bullimiami (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:38 AM

Oct 2020

Wounded Bear

(58,606 posts)

7. The vultures come home to roost...

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:37 AM

Oct 2020

Hard to feel a lot of empathy for a group that has visited so much damage to our country.

Bev54

(10,039 posts)

9. Please let that be true!

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:38 AM

Oct 2020

Stuart G

(38,414 posts)

10. Not likely, Someone got Covoid 19 mixed up with "Senate 19"

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:38 AM

Oct 2020

edhopper

(33,494 posts)

12. Yep

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:39 AM

Oct 2020

that's what I thought.

Efilroft Sul

(3,578 posts)

14. This explanation would make sense.

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:40 AM

Oct 2020

global1

(25,226 posts)

17. If CNN Is Right About - Senate 19 - Then They Need To.....

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:42 AM

Oct 2020

change the name of Covid-19 to Senate-19 or Repug-19 - as it's become a scourge to the Republican Party.

C_U_L8R

(44,992 posts)

15. What? 19 Republican Senators have COVID?

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:41 AM

Oct 2020

Is this for real? They've self-decimated their ranks.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

19. Test positive, that's bit different

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #15)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:44 AM

Oct 2020

LAS14

(13,770 posts)

22. How is that different? nt

Reply to empedocles (Reply #19)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 05:49 PM

Oct 2020

Chichiri

(4,667 posts)

21. If it's not a typo, that must include staffers.

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:48 AM

Oct 2020

We would have heard if it was 19 senators.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)

24. It would be covered extensively...

Reply to Chichiri (Reply #21)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 05:52 PM

Oct 2020

... even with the distraction of Trump demanding release from the hospital.

There must be a misunderstanding about it.

LAS14

(13,770 posts)

23. Did anyone ever see this again? nt

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 05:49 PM

Oct 2020

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