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I found the language around the vote(s) confusing. Were Republicans / Democrats for or against the "kill switch"?

• thedaly 3y ago
  Democrats are for it, Republicans against.
• PKop 3y ago
  Democrats were for the kill switch, Republicans were against it. Massie (R) created an amendment to stop the mandate for a kill switch. Two Democrats and 199 Republicans voted in favor of his amendment. 210 Democrats and 19 Republicans voted against his amendment. His amendment failed.
  • whelp_24 3y ago
    Why are the democrats for this? Do you know?
    • michaelt 3y ago
      Language like "if deemed impaired, limit or completely prevent the vehicle from functioning" makes me think it's a drunk driving detector.
    • explaininjs 3y ago
      Democrats have been the party of government mandates for some time now, typically under the justification “everyone should give up some freedoms, because otherwise a few people might be harmed”. The real surprise is that AOC voted against it, along with a sole other democrat whose name escapes me. The only exception to this pattern I’m aware of is in the abortion debate, but only under the worldview that unborn children aren’t people (not the time or place to make any claims one way or another about that, just saying it how it is).
    • drdaeman 3y ago
      Sadly, they're generally in favor of nanny state approaches, where government is given control over every possible aspect of people's lives where someone or something can theoretically do something bad. Sometimes it's sensible, but sometimes it's very questionable. What truly sucks is that there is no third option.