Keith is just helping Republicans with posts like this. These Democrats "showing up" to vote would not have made a difference. Republicans outnumber Dems and they would have kept the vote open for as long as necessary to send this impeachment to the Judiciary Committee. Last year Mike Johnson kept a vote open for 10+ hours. These Dems could have voted in the first minute of the vote and we still would have lost this motion. And even if the Dems won by some miracle, the vote the next day on the actual articles of impeachment would have failed. And if by some crazier miracle it passed in the House, Thune would have dismissed the articles of impeachment without a trial in the Senate.
We now have the opportunity to write proper articles of impeachment for Hegseth, hold hearings and hear from witnesses, win over more than one House Republican, and have a real trial in the Senate where there's a much greater chance that 11 Republican Senators will join us in ousting this unqualified Secretary of Defense.
Keith is also undermining Hakeem Jeffries as leader of the Dems (something he probably thinks is the right move). But Hakeem will be the next Speaker. Everyone from AOC to Tom Suozzi supports him, and there is no one challenging him. The American people overwhelmingly voted for Dems to govern. We should respect our elected officials' choices for leaders and support them.
As a big influencer on the left, Keith should be finding ways to defend our Dems - not undermine them by getting his audience mad at them.
@keithedwards, I'm happy to talk about this on stream sometime if you want to discuss it.
@IrvGotti_77@Public_Citizen Oh my bad, it thought their job involved not wasting time on votes that donโt matter. ๐
You just want them to be performative because thatโs all you Slopulists care about
Everyone mad about the 11 Dems not being there are being ridiculous. We NEVER had the votes because only ONE Republican voted with the Dems. Republicans would have just kept the vote open until they had the votes to defeat it. They can keep the vote open for as long as they want.
This is just an attempt to undermine Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker by saying he's a bad leader for not getting the 11 Dems there in time. Total nonsense.
We'll impeach Pete Hegseth the right way when the Dems take over in January.
@HeyItsVadim@CryptoGeorgist No they donโt dumb fuck. Hasan pushed Russian propaganda like crazy until they started losing the war and he still pushes anti NATO propaganda. He also defended China invading Tibet and thinks they are justified in invading Taiwan