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Originally Posted by Hugh
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Only in a tie result & not all the time she won’t and Manchin, usually has his dem colleagues in a fix when he declares he wont vote with them.
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Originally Posted by Chris
It doesn’t really counter my point though, does it. Trump-backed candidates have underperformed in these elections, even in places where non-Trumpite Republican candidates have done well. The personal decision of a senator to ditch the Dem whip is interesting in its own right but doesn’t contradict the observation that there is limited appetite in the country for MAGA/Trump republicanism.
Plus, as Hugh has pointed out, the VP has the casting vote in the senate so the Dems still have control.
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Yes it does, I was making the point, which still stands, Dems have 50 seats again, not 51.
No need to mention Trump, I never brought him up, so I don’t give one iota, about where Trump/MAGA standing is right now & never have.