• argon@infosec.pub
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    11 months ago

    They know the seat will go Dem in the special election, and it just chips away at their teeny tiny majority ahead of the 2024 elections. That’s all there is to it. They know he’s an embarrassment who continuously broke the law, they just don’t care.

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      11 months ago

      Nah. They’re on record saying it sets a bad precedent to expel a member before they are convicted. I can only imagine the awful shit they’re hiding and are worried they could get expelled for.

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        The district has gone for Democrats in every presidential election of the past 20 years except once. A Democrat held the house seat for the past ten years prior to the 2022 election. Special elections are usually a little weird and Dem’s have been doing really well in them recently. It might be a competitive and close election, but it’s not a red district by any stretch of the imagination.