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Kyle Griffin "Democrats don't even need Georgia." (Original Post) MagickMuffin Nov 2022 OP
Stupid ass. yardwork Nov 2022 #1
Who is Kyle Griffin? Sucha NastyWoman Nov 2022 #2
Bio MagickMuffin Nov 2022 #4
So he wants Herschel Walker for 6 years? gab13by13 Nov 2022 #3
Scratching my head on that one MagickMuffin Nov 2022 #5
Kyle Griffin is the best. Ellipsis Nov 2022 #6
Why is it sad? MagickMuffin Nov 2022 #8
Lighten up. Ellipsis Nov 2022 #11
I Think Folks Are Over Reacting to Kyle's Comment Indykatie Nov 2022 #7
This AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2022 #9
Yes they are. Ellipsis Nov 2022 #10
Even if Manchin remains a democrat, LisaL Nov 2022 #15
Well it allows you to cut off one of the two heads exboyfil Nov 2022 #12
Yeah. Tacky and in poor taste ecstatic Nov 2022 #13
The 51st Senate seat is a big deal LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #14
A major upside of a 51-49 Senate, Dems have a majority is on committees and can issue subpoenas LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #16
He needs to STFU with that bullshit Takket Nov 2022 #17
Exactly Sunsky Nov 2022 #19
Yeah, he should just dELETE! nt Cha Nov 2022 #18

MagickMuffin

(15,933 posts)
4. Bio
Sun Nov 13, 2022, 12:05 PM
Nov 2022



Executive Producer. MSNBC's
@AymanMSNBC
and @MehdiHasanShow Opinions mine. Do not congratulate.


I saw this tweet after reading something else.




MagickMuffin

(15,933 posts)
8. Why is it sad?
Sun Nov 13, 2022, 12:11 PM
Nov 2022


Kyle has some explaining to do.

Why would he say this and discourage voter turnout?


It is extremely sad Kyle would promote this on his twitter feed.


Indykatie

(3,695 posts)
7. I Think Folks Are Over Reacting to Kyle's Comment
Sun Nov 13, 2022, 12:08 PM
Nov 2022

I had the same thought but I meant it in the context that GA wasn't make or break for control now since we already had 50 seats. No doubt he did too. I believe that Republicans will not go all to elect Walker now since control of the Senate is off the table. And no I don't think Manchin is going to withdraw from the Dem caucus.

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,004 posts)
9. This
Sun Nov 13, 2022, 12:13 PM
Nov 2022

People are getting sanctimonious over a simple statement that on the most basic level is true. But Twitter doesn’t do nuance and feeds on outrage.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
12. Well it allows you to cut off one of the two heads
Sun Nov 13, 2022, 12:16 PM
Nov 2022

Of the Sinema/Manchin two headed monster so it is very important in that way.

Shame we lost the winnable Wisconsin race.

ecstatic

(32,679 posts)
13. Yeah. Tacky and in poor taste
Sun Nov 13, 2022, 12:31 PM
Nov 2022

People are working hard on Warnock's behalf. An 85-year-old woman just called me from Tennessee. Although I usually hate donating over the phone, it seemed legit so I went ahead and donated.

But anyway, my point is that he's shitting on thousands of people who are working hard to keep Georgia Blue. Not to mention, some of our senators are in red governor states and could potentially be replaced by a republican if something were to happen. We definitely need more padding and should not be comfortable with the bare minimum.

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,086 posts)
14. The 51st Senate seat is a big deal
Sun Nov 13, 2022, 06:52 PM
Nov 2022

There are two major advantages to the Democrats getting 51 seats.

1. The Democrats will have majorities in all committees and can issue subpoenas. Currently each Senate committee have an equal number of republicans and democrats on the committee. One cannot issue a subpoena with the vote of the majority of a committee which is why the senate cannot do any major investigations.

2. Speed up nomination confirmation process for judges. Since there are an equal number of republicans and Democrats on the judiciary committee, the vote on a good number of judicial nominees have been ties and had to go to the full senate to break the tie. That is one reason why VP Harris has casted so many tie breaker votes.




Having 51 senators is a big deal.

Takket

(21,552 posts)
17. He needs to STFU with that bullshit
Mon Nov 14, 2022, 12:26 AM
Nov 2022

I know he doesn’t mean to suppress votes but that’s exactly what he’s doing. He needs to delete that.

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