Let me paraphrase the late Mary McCarthy: every word they say is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.'"
Don't believe anything these bags of slime tell you, regardless of whether it reinforces or contradicts pre-existing assumptions you have.
Yep.
They always pull the “We don’t have enough votes” feint to pretend the vote isn’t rigged privately beforehand.
They don’t hold votes on a “whim.”
They’ve either brokered the deal beforehand, or they don’t hold the vote.
I’m sure there’s an exception to this rule, but it generally holds true. I’m sure in 1977 they held some vote where they weren’t 100% sure how it would turn out.
The ruse/announcement is an effort to make us think we still live in a Representative Republic, where politicians arrive to vote their values and character.
After this IRS crap, they’re not fooling anybody.