Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:24 AM

TruckFump (5,007 posts)

So which two Dem Reps are kissing Trumps ass by voting "no?"

Hope the recorded vote shows this.

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So which two Dem Reps are kissing Trumps ass by voting "no?" (Original post)	TruckFump	Oct 2019	OP
These two:	fleur-de-lisa	Oct 2019	#1
Nancy should remove them from all committees. And they should be primaried.	Buckeyeblue	Oct 2019	#4
No, she shouldn't remove them	StarfishSaver	Oct 2019	#10
Why defend them? Nt	USALiberal	Oct 2019	#17
Who's defending them?	StarfishSaver	Oct 2019	#20
I KNEW Collin Peterson would be one of them. I suppose the pragmatic	bullwinkle428	Oct 2019	#9
Both have opposed impeachment	SCantiGOP	Oct 2019	#12
hope so, as we need to have them primaried	beachbumbob	Oct 2019	#2
Yep. Totally.	TruckFump	Oct 2019	#5
You're not going to get a real Dem. One represents a district Trump won by 30 points.	Drunken Irishman	Oct 2019	#18
I don't think they're kissing ass.	lpbk2713	Oct 2019	#3
Bought by whom?	TruckFump	Oct 2019	#6
Vlad via some intermediary.	lpbk2713	Oct 2019	#8
So he buys just two votes? Why?	TruckFump	Oct 2019	#11
They were willing.	lpbk2713	Oct 2019	#14
We do know. One, Collin Peterson, represents a district Trump won by 31 points in 2016.	Drunken Irishman	Oct 2019	#19
Pol'tics not always surface	empedocles	Oct 2019	#7
Collin Peterson is from the district that went for Trump by the widest margin in MN. He votes	WhiskeyGrinder	Oct 2019	#13
Pelosi didn't	Raftergirl	Oct 2019	#15
Thank you for pointing this out so clearly.	crickets	Oct 2019	#16

Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:25 AM

fleur-de-lisa (13,978 posts)

1. These two:

Rep. Collin Peterson, Minnesota
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, New Jersey

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Response to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:27 AM

Buckeyeblue (4,957 posts)

4. Nancy should remove them from all committees. And they should be primaried.

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Response to Buckeyeblue (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:31 AM

StarfishSaver (18,486 posts)

10. No, she shouldn't remove them

She didn't need their votes.

Trust me, if she'd needed they would have voted yes.

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Response to StarfishSaver (Reply #10)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:11 AM

USALiberal (10,832 posts)

17. Why defend them? Nt

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Response to USALiberal (Reply #17)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:19 AM

StarfishSaver (18,486 posts)

20. Who's defending them?

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Response to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:30 AM

bullwinkle428 (20,532 posts)

9. I KNEW Collin Peterson would be one of them. I suppose the pragmatic

side of me recognizes that he's kind of the Joe Manchin of Minnesota, and is better than any Puke in that seat, but just barely.

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Response to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:37 AM

SCantiGOP (13,052 posts)

12. Both have opposed impeachment

No surprise here. Both are in swing districts.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:25 AM

beachbumbob (9,263 posts)

2. hope so, as we need to have them primaried

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Response to beachbumbob (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:27 AM

TruckFump (5,007 posts)

5. Yep. Totally.

Calling their offices today to let them know that if they wish to be with the Repukes, I most certainly will contribute to see a REAL DEM replace them.

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Response to TruckFump (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:15 AM

Drunken Irishman (34,857 posts)

18. You're not going to get a real Dem. One represents a district Trump won by 30 points.

Peterson has been there since 1991 and is likely the only Dem who could win.

It's also a district that has gotten progressively more Republican the last decade, as he went from winning by sizable margins to only winning by four-points last year.

Here's how it's voted for president since 2000:

2000: Bush +14
2004: Bush +12
2008: McCain +3
2012: Romney: +10
2016: Trump: +30

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:26 AM

lpbk2713 (41,733 posts)

3. I don't think they're kissing ass.

I think they have been bought.

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:28 AM

TruckFump (5,007 posts)

6. Bought by whom?

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Response to TruckFump (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:29 AM

lpbk2713 (41,733 posts)

8. Vlad via some intermediary.

Putin has more money than God.

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #8)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:31 AM

TruckFump (5,007 posts)

11. So he buys just two votes? Why?

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Response to TruckFump (Reply #11)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:49 AM

lpbk2713 (41,733 posts)

14. They were willing.

They were for sale for the right price.

But of course, this is all conjecture. We will in all probability never know.

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #14)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:16 AM

Drunken Irishman (34,857 posts)

19. We do know. One, Collin Peterson, represents a district Trump won by 31 points in 2016.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:28 AM

empedocles (15,751 posts)

7. Pol'tics not always surface

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 10:38 AM

WhiskeyGrinder (19,160 posts)

13. Collin Peterson is from the district that went for Trump by the widest margin in MN. He votes

against the Dems about a quarter of the time when votes come up. He's generally very well liked in the district, which runs a little moderate for all the red that's there. His vote is utterly unsurprising and he'll get reelected as long as he wants.

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Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:00 AM

Raftergirl (938 posts)

15. Pelosi didn't

need their votes so released them.

It’s done all the time on tough “for their district” votes.

If you want those seats to go Red, by all means primary them.

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Response to Raftergirl (Reply #15)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 11:10 AM

crickets (24,079 posts)

16. Thank you for pointing this out so clearly.

Oops, welcomed you to DU when you've been around for years now. Thanks for unlurking!

Edit to add:
I gave these two clowns the benefit of the doubt (enh - I know) but since each of them has opened his mouth afterward to spew idiocies, I have changed my mind. Screw both of them.

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