Interesting implications for possibility of expelling some of the House/Senate members...
https://twitter.com/_silversmith/status/1348649930416648192
I believe 138 GOP House members voted to block certification of one or more of the states on 1/06.
There's 435 House members, but 3 vacancies at the moment (NY-22 still undecided; Cedric Richmond resigned to join Biden Admin; GOP Luke Letlow died of COVID), so that's 432.
There's 435 House members, but 3 vacancies at the moment (NY-22 still undecided; Cedric Richmond resigned to join Biden Admin; GOP Luke Letlow died of COVID), so that's 432.
2/3 of 432 = 288.
Dems hold 221 seats w/out Richmond or Brindisi, so they'd need 67 GOP to expel any of the other GOP.
There's 211 House GOP total. Subtract 138 seditionists = 73.
So...Dems would need 92% of non-seditionist GOP Reps to vote to expel any of the other 138.
Dems hold 221 seats w/out Richmond or Brindisi, so they'd need 67 GOP to expel any of the other GOP.
There's 211 House GOP total. Subtract 138 seditionists = 73.
So...Dems would need 92% of non-seditionist GOP Reps to vote to expel any of the other 138.
Of course this assumes 100% of Dems stuck together, which is actually a reasonable assumption under the circumstances, I suppose.
I can't fathom that any of the 138 seditionists would have the chutzpah to vote to expel any of the *other* seditionists for "being worse than me."
I can't fathom that any of the 138 seditionists would have the chutzpah to vote to expel any of the *other* seditionists for "being worse than me."
I may be off by one or two on the total number of vacancies or how many GOP votes would be needed, but it's definitely gonna be in the mid-60's.
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