Johnson called a snap vote.
He made sure all the GOP stuck around, then when the time was right he called the vote and these Dems could not get back in time.
Furthermore, there are many reports of a traffic jam caused by a police escorted bus that literally trapped Dems in traffic.
Shady shit went down.
I’m not a pelosi fan, but you all should know what really kept these 11 from voting.
This reporting is terrible and slanting the narrative of what Johnson and the GOP did.
2 out of the eleven have no excuse.
Sounds a lot like a dog ate their homework. With a vote as consequential as this one, they should have been their hours early. Even with the most charitable take that these poor wittle naive politicians got stuck in traffic, that still means they’re inept - as opposed to blatantly complicit.
Keep in mind that all 11 of these losers are taking AIPAC money.
They are not beginners in politics. They have dealt with Johnson long enough to know his shady tactics.
Is a dem majority going to have years of excuses instead of achievement AGAIN?
(Not my country, but was it here, I would send a nasty message to my representative.)
They had also been told they were in recess for Veterans Day and some of them had scheduled events to attend.
I’m not making excuses for anyone, but this was clearly a bad faith stunt by Johnson and the gop and 100% done to prevent votes. It’s despicable.
If they actually gave a shit about vets and service members skipping out on this vote was a pretty terrible way to demonstrate that
I don’t want information about how big of ratfuckers the GOP are, I want to be mad at Dems!
A lifetime of insider trading
Yeah, she’s great at achieving insider trading and being a centrist masquerading as a progressive.
Look, if she gets a lifetime award for what she has accomplished: mostly serving herself, she’d better not change anything right before getting it!
What a piece of shit.
If she got a lifetime achievement award, does that mean her lifetime is over?
Let’s face facts and understand this was never going to pass in this lame duck session anyways. This needs to be done in January after new members take their seats
not sure if there’s a clever german word for “one who is useless and simultaneously filled with contempt for others” but in english we can always just say “nancy pelosi”.
She don’t care. She got all her insider trading money.
There is no such thing as coincidence with these establishment Dems. A Hegseth impeachment should be a slam dunk. And yet.
Go away already Nancy. You’re the Dennis Hastert of Democrats with your self enrichment and lack of principals.
Sorry, Pelosi, I just don’t think anyone who is running for the “Lifetime Advocate for Veterans Award” would allow themselves to miss voting to impeach one of the most vile people responsible for abusing military power. For any reason.
Optics and accolades, that’s all she cares about.
Couldn’t vote no cause it would be bad optics, so she skipped out to receive an accolade she doesn’t deserve.
once you start gettin awards for achievin’ you don’t even have to achieve anymore
a lot of you are probably too poor to understand
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to quote the great saint Joe Biden: “Nothing will fundamentally change”
