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'Afraid For Their Own Safety': Why Some Lawmakers May Have Voted With Trump (Original Post)
catbyte
Jan 2021
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Merlot
(9,696 posts)1. Nope. Sorry, the job comes with both risks and great responsibility
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)2. Which brings to mind - Mike Pence.
That mob was ready to kill him. Is it fear of the terrorist mob that is keeping him from invoking the 25th Amendment? I don't know what else it could be.
haele
(12,682 posts)3. Then turn names into the FBI. Dems live with this all the time.
Go up to a Blue rep in a Red state and ask how they handle the pressure and threats before you just give up and give in.
Haele
bullimiami
(13,105 posts)4. these are called cowards.
Bev54
(10,074 posts)5. Well isn't that a convenient excuse.
Trying to justify their own sedition.
kacekwl
(7,022 posts)6. Nonsense.