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First of all, note that there were four such amendments, each of which failed on a party line vote (e.g. if you apply this spin equally, most Democrats voted tw
by DrScump 10y ago
First of all, note that there were four such amendments, each of which failed on a party line vote (e.g. if you apply this spin equally, most Democrats voted twice to "allow gun sales to" terror watch listees as well).
But without actually reading the legislation, you can't trust the claims.
For example, here are details on the previous such orchestrations six months ago. Note the completely false accounts in major media outlets such as the NYT.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10684372 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10684372
Unless they actually read the language in full context (and they don't), their commentary is purely political posturing - generally just quotes of party press releases.