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ForcedTQ
2020 Feb 6, 7:05pm
marcus says
Another fun fact: No they don’t, they are supposed to represent the states that they are senators of, not directly the people. Read the constitution some time and stop getting the HOR and Senate mixed up. Also, all that HOR was supposed to have to do with “impeachment” was the actual articles there of, or the allegations. They should have stopped all involvement once articles were submitted and allowed the Senate to perform all trial work beyond that.
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A Fun Fact
Another fun fact: No they don’t, they are supposed to represent the states that they are senators of, not directly the people. Read the constitution some time and stop getting the HOR and Senate mixed up. Also, all that HOR was supposed to have to do with “impeachment” was the actual articles there of, or the allegations. They should have stopped all involvement once articles were submitted and allowed the Senate to perform all trial work beyond that.
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WookieMan
2020 Feb 7, 5:14am
WookieMan
2020 Feb 7, 5:14am
ForcedTQ says
I wanted to look into this tweet. There are too many caveats to this to make it true. So it's definitely a disingenuous meme/tweet if not an outright lie. When I read it, I interpreted it as popular vote each senator received versus their opponent. Not popular vote for POTUS.
The problem (as usual) is California. The opponents in 2018 and 2016 were both Democrats for the senate seats. So if you include the losers votes, it is easy to get to 18M more popular vote on a straight party line. I'm almost positive this is how this person came to this conclusion.
And no, I'm not saying the right doesn't lie in their memes. Generally speaking, when they do lie, it's for humors sake. Like Michelle Obama and her penis. No sane person will believe that. Whereas this meme/tweet about 18M more popular vote, is eaten up by the left as true even though it's provably false by just looking at the results from 2014, 2016 and 2018 Senate races. No one wants to take the time to back the claim up, so they believe it. Another reason the left sucks at memes. If you're going to lie at least make it funny and not truly misleading.
Another fun fact: No they don’t, they are supposed to represent the states that they are senators of, not directly the people.
I wanted to look into this tweet. There are too many caveats to this to make it true. So it's definitely a disingenuous meme/tweet if not an outright lie. When I read it, I interpreted it as popular vote each senator received versus their opponent. Not popular vote for POTUS.
The problem (as usual) is California. The opponents in 2018 and 2016 were both Democrats for the senate seats. So if you include the losers votes, it is easy to get to 18M more popular vote on a straight party line. I'm almost positive this is how this person came to this conclusion.
And no, I'm not saying the right doesn't lie in their memes. Generally speaking, when they do lie, it's for humors sake. Like Michelle Obama and her penis. No sane person will believe that. Whereas this meme/tweet about 18M more popular vote, is eaten up by the left as true even though it's provably false by just looking at the results from 2014, 2016 and 2018 Senate races. No one wants to take the time to back the claim up, so they believe it. Another reason the left sucks at memes. If you're going to lie at least make it funny and not truly misleading.
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HeadSet
2020 Feb 7, 6:10am
HeadSet
2020 Feb 7, 6:10am
If you're going to lie at least make it funny and not truly misleading.
The point with the left's memes is not to be funny by satirizing or exaggerating existing facts, but to mislead entirely. That is all you can do when facts are not on your side.
The point with the left's memes is not to be funny by satirizing or exaggerating existing facts, but to mislead entirely. That is all you can do when facts are not on your side.
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WookieMan
2020 Feb 7, 8:40am
WookieMan
2020 Feb 7, 8:40am
CovfefeButDeadly says
Case in point of the right meme'ing better. Actually, it doesn't even matter your beliefs. There's not ONE person on the left that can disagree with this. Not one. They should all laugh at it because it's true. Good one CBD.
Case in point of the right meme'ing better. Actually, it doesn't even matter your beliefs. There's not ONE person on the left that can disagree with this. Not one. They should all laugh at it because it's true. Good one CBD.
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GreaterNYCDude
2020 Feb 7, 10:12am
marcus says
So I did the math. (Article 1)
Population of states where both senators voted guilty (19 states): 143,627,585
Population of states where both senators voted Not guilty (21 states):
128,240,933
[Difference of 15,386,652]
Population of states where vote was split (10 states):
55,665,265
For article 2 move Utah's 3,205,985 people from split to not guilty.
This is why we have a senate... so the states with larger populations dont overrun the smaller ones.
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A Fun Fact
So I did the math. (Article 1)
Population of states where both senators voted guilty (19 states): 143,627,585
Population of states where both senators voted Not guilty (21 states):
128,240,933
[Difference of 15,386,652]
Population of states where vote was split (10 states):
55,665,265
For article 2 move Utah's 3,205,985 people from split to not guilty.
This is why we have a senate... so the states with larger populations dont overrun the smaller ones.
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