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RockRaven

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1. The "convinced enough to vote against it" doesn't make sense given that the discharge petition

Reply to flying-skeleton (Original post)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 08:36 PM

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itself requires an absolute majority of seats (not seated members), or 218.

If Pedo Protector Johnson could convince Massie, Bobo, Mace, MTG or a Dem to vote against it, why couldn't he just convince that person not to sign the discharge petition (and the vote would then never even happen)?

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