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ALBliberal

(2,892 posts) Sat Feb 13, 2021, 06:59 PM Feb 2021

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I wonder if Collins would have had the deciding

Vote ... the 67th vote essentially... if she would have voted for conviction. I think she would not have voted for conviction in that instance.

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I wonder if Collins would have had the deciding (Original Post) ALBliberal Feb 2021 OP

Where are you getting these numbers from? n/t rzemanfl Feb 2021 #1

I edited out last part. Thanks for the heads up. ALBliberal Feb 2021 #3

Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2021 #4

Yep. It was easy to vote against trump when you know the outcome. Hoyt Feb 2021 #2

In the words of the great Harry Reid regarding Susan Collins hot2na Feb 2021 #5

She did vote for conviction frazzled Feb 2021 #6

rzemanfl

(30,325 posts)

1. Where are you getting these numbers from? n/t

Reply to ALBliberal (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 07:02 PM

Feb 2021

ALBliberal

(2,892 posts)

3. I edited out last part. Thanks for the heads up.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 07:07 PM

Feb 2021

rzemanfl

(30,325 posts)

4. Thank you. n/t

Reply to ALBliberal (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 07:08 PM

Feb 2021

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Yep. It was easy to vote against trump when you know the outcome.

Reply to ALBliberal (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 07:05 PM

Feb 2021

hot2na

(411 posts)

5. In the words of the great Harry Reid regarding Susan Collins

Reply to ALBliberal (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 07:08 PM

Feb 2021

"You can always count on her vote when you don't need it".

She has never made a consequential vote in her phony moderate career.

It does help in this case that we can at least say that it was the biggest bipartisan vote for impeachment in history. But let's not fool ourselves into thinking that she would have cast the deciding vote.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

6. She did vote for conviction

Reply to ALBliberal (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 07:08 PM

Feb 2021

She was among the 7 Republicans. They would have needed 10 more

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