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The GOP chair was caught off guard and scrambled—first delaying the vote, then trying to sabotage it by adding amendments to include Biden administration communications. Democrats called their bluff and agreed.

Then the GOP chair, Rep. Higgins, lied, claiming the motion FAILED until Rep. Robert Garcia forced a full roll call vote.

Ultimately, the vote passed 8-2 after 3 Republicans DEFIED their leadership and joined all 5 Democrats to pass the motion.

  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I gotta agree with the other guy. He probably did it for some kind of attention one way or another. I don’t think he intended to get away with it. That said, I do think such things are deplorable. It just that when you use a popularity contest to choose reps, this is what you get.

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      4 days ago

      I think he was caught off guard, and tried to stick to his marching orders despite it being obvious that they lost the vote.

      No way this was a joke or something done for attention. That makes no sense.