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Pa. GOP senators refused to seat a Democrat and removed Lt. Gov. Fetterman from presiding
The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | January 5, 2021 | Angela Couloumbis and Cynthia Fernandez

Posted on 01/05/2021 8:14:49 PM PST by Sense

HARRISBURG — The new session of the Pennsylvania Senate got off to a chaotic start Tuesday, with Republicans refusing to seat a Democratic senator whose election victory has been certified by state officials.

Amid high emotions and partisan finger-pointing, Republicans also took the rare step of removing the Democratic lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, from presiding over the session. They apparently did so because they did not believe Fetterman was following the rules and recognizing their legislative motions.

Democrats, in turn, responded by refusing to back Sen. Jake Corman (R., Centre) from assuming the chamber’s top leadership position — an unusual maneuver on what is most often a largely ceremonial and bipartisan vote.

(Excerpt) Read more at inquirer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ceremonial; electionfraud; legitimacy; misfeasance
Democrats show a "ceremonial" role doesn't stop THEM from acting when it benefits them... as proven advocates for election fraud label Republican's election integrity concern "partisan whims".
1 posted on 01/05/2021 8:14:49 PM PST by Sense
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To: Sense

Sense RU getting my reply here?


2 posted on 01/05/2021 8:18:14 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Sense

Finally the stupid party understands how to fight at the state and local level.
The Rats and progs before them have been doing it since the early 1900s.


3 posted on 01/05/2021 8:19:33 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Dominion delenda est.)
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To: Sense

Search works:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3921781/posts


4 posted on 01/05/2021 8:22:27 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

Thank you, Karen. That comment section has become dormant. Is it so wrong that someone wants to get the discussion going again?


5 posted on 01/05/2021 8:25:42 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Repeal 16-17

Exactly. There are many stories I would never see if they had not been posted a second or third time. Also, restarts the discussion on often a completely different track.


6 posted on 01/05/2021 8:38:30 PM PST by Prince Caspian
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To: rfp1234

Finally the stupid party understands how to fight at the state and local level.

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The Pubs have nowhere to hide now. They, on both the national and state level, had better show some strength and resolve or its over for them. People are sick and tired of their weakness, stupidity and appeasement.


7 posted on 01/05/2021 8:40:01 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Prince Caspian

Agreed
The reposts are sometimes worthwhile exercises.


8 posted on 01/05/2021 8:49:15 PM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: lightman

Interesting.

I did search and got nothing.

FR seems slow tonight, too...

Maybe another hack attack in progress ?


9 posted on 01/05/2021 8:49:59 PM PST by Sense
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To: lightman

I remembered seeing the article somewhere...

Went looking to find it, not to post it, but assuming it was linked here on FR. But I could not locate it. Thought it very odd it would NOT be here... so searched the web and found it... didn’t know if it was the same... searched again and it wasn’t there.

Just searched again... and neither instance, including the one I just posted, shows up in my search.


10 posted on 01/05/2021 8:55:34 PM PST by Sense
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To: Sense

Sum ting wong


11 posted on 01/05/2021 9:06:15 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Sense; StoneWall Brigade; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Someone in PA has testicles?


12 posted on 01/05/2021 9:20:23 PM PST by Impy (George Washington did not concede to King George.)
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To: Sense

Incredible...might just be my configuration of opening to the news forum with brevity set to full, but the previously posted Inquirer article with the identical title was at the very bottom of the page.

Search is not perfect. We all get some “false positives”.

FReegards.


13 posted on 01/05/2021 11:31:08 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Prince Caspian; Repeal 16-17

Simply posting a comment in the original thread will give it a bump.

Of course that depends on each FReeper’s configuration settings; “newest comments” vs. “newest posts”.


14 posted on 01/05/2021 11:33:37 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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