Senate GOP Digs In On Iowa House Race, Pressuring Companies With False Equivalency

Senate Republicans have become increasingly interested in the goings on in the other chamber: namely, the House committee adjudicating the disputed election in Iowa’s second district.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1366832

And still the Democrats don’t reply to the Republicans with “What about Oberweis?”

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Bwahahaha. They’re really not reading the room these days, are they?

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Y’all got a lot of irons in the fire.

Good luck with that.

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Fight them back.

Most people don’t remember the days in the 1970s when African Americans still had to continue to fight for rights “granted” in the 1960s.

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Yet another opportunity to detail exactly for the world exactly what idiot jerks these scammers are. If they didn’t have false equivalency, they would have no equivalency at all. I’m looking at you, Chuckie. Ugh! To think of Joni kissing Tr…mp on the lips!

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Irons? Nah, asses…

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So when do the Democrats start exactly the same strategy against Georgia contributors with respect to the voting rights cancellation act?

Are we going to fight fire with fire?

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Some of which appear to have fuses.

“Ooooh, sparkly. Hey, why is everyone running away?”

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Whataboutism is the GOP’s little black dress. It’s suitable for all occasions.

ETA: I would also like to point out that Trump contested the presidential election in something like 60 separate lawsuits. What a loser.

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God Almighty these Republicans are doubling down on the stupid. How can they compare one election with a dispute of 22 votes to an election where Trump was disputing hundred of thousands of votes in 6 states?
I hope any business person or CEO is not dumb enough to fall for this?

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Biden’s got this Manchin thing under control:

And I’m okay with that. Just don’t nominate Heather Bresch ( his daughter) to be our new Drug Czar.

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They already did - against a number of companies headquartered in Georgia. More recent articles indicate they are focusing on Coca Cola the most.

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Any Congresscritters also involved? They seem to be getting involved in the Iowa case?

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No worries. Steiner’s counterattack will solve all these problems and tip the balance of the situation.

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One of the more important underappreciated developments of recent times is the (relatively) quiet reintroduction of earmarks. A little bit of legislative bribery in order to ease the way for urgently needed votes turns out to be a good tradeoff in the larger public interest.

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OT, sort of, but this didn’t last long:

These Mega-Businesses Are Already Back to Bankrolling Insurrectionists (thedailybeast.com)

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First time through, I read that as "rightwing media echo system"

And I wasn’t wrong…

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" Biden nominates Manchin’s wife to co-chair Appalachian Regional Commission"

Was this the price,or is there more for Manchin to cooperate ?

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Hey whatever works and is legal is fine by me.

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