NC House of Reps holds surprise vote while dems at 9/11 ceremony to override Gov Cooper's veto after promising Dems that no vote would take place

[Sho_Nuff82]

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article234962017.html

At this point it's like watching Charlie Brown continually fail to kick the football. You cannot take the modern GOP at their word, especially in states with notorious voting rights infringements like North Carolina.

In a surprise move Wednesday morning, the N.C. House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget with just over half of the 120 members present to vote.

Democrats in the chamber objected to the bill being brought up, saying they were told there would be no votes during the 8:30 a.m. session and that it was just a formality so work could begin. Rep. Jason Saine, a Lincolnton Republican, made the motion to reconsider the state budget and chaos in the chamber quickly ensued.

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You only need quorum (61 members) to hold a vote in the 120-member House. The Dems somehow managed to have 9 people show up with 55 Republicans in the house so the speaker called a snap vote.

"How dare you Mr. Speaker?" Butler said. "The trickery that is being evidenced by this morning is tantamount to a criminal offense."

Butler described the vote as a "hijacking of the process."

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Butler told reporters that she was threatened with arrest on the House floor. She called the Republicans' governing "scorched earth politics" and an "embarrassment."

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Override still has to pass the State senate, but the Senate vote is simple majority.

Jackson said he wants Lewis to recall the veto vote before it goes to the Senate, which is a simple majority vote.

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Hey guys maybe the Republicans will do the honest thing and hold a re-vote.

Spoiler

They won't.

 

[Pooh]

GOP changed the game, and Democrats continue to play by the old rules. Especially in NC there is NO reason Democrats should ever believe the Republican party. EVER.

 

[Lumination]

The GOP motto: win at any cost, starting with your own humanity.

 

[sapien85]

Democrats always losing to dirty tricks.

 

[SquirrelSr]

That's some bull.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Imagine trusting a Republican these days.

 

[Deleted member 3542]

There are no good republicans and I have yet to see anyone offer proof otherwise.

 

[striderno9]

Dems always falling for GOP tricks, they'll never learn.

 

[Polaroid_64]

Why would they believe them in the first place?

Just show up in case, it isn't hard.

 

[manchego obfuscator]

will never forget that time out-of-state Democrats had a GoFundMe for the NC GOP lol

 

[KarmaCow]

Between voter apathy/exhaustion and gerrymandering they don't need to worry about backlash. They will continue to hold a significant portion of the elected positions no matter what they do.

 

[ibyea]

Fuck me why are Democratic politicians SUCH LOSERS.

 

[Deleted member 22490]

This is what civility gets us. Good doesn't have to be dumb.

 

[Blader]

Democrats weren't there because they were at a 9/11 ceremony

 

[Toxi]

Democrats weren't there because they were at a 9/11 ceremony

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It's almost hilarious how fucking vile Republicans are.

And yes, that includes the voters.

 

[Deleted member 2145]

they pulled this kind of fuckery to get the bathroom bill through too

the NC GOP is something else

 

[SquirrelSr]

"You go high, we'll go low."

Seriously...

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Democrats weren't there because they were at a 9/11 ceremony

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And if 100% had committed to go, there would have been no vote.

 

[WedgeX]

Democrats weren't there because they were at a 9/11 ceremony

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Wow.

 

[Brakke]

Recall every moron D in that room tbh.

 

[Tahnit]

Recalling what I said. I'm just truly pissed off right now.

 

[ibyea]

This is me to the Democrats right now.

 

[Chrome Hyena]

Joe Biden and his supporters: They aren't bad people! They are just scared of Donald trump! Once he's gone they'll return to their senses!"

Everyone else: .... morons....

 

[thewienke]

There are zero electoral consequences to playing dirty pool.

Republican voters want to stifle the Democrat's agenda at every opportunity. Democrats need to get on board with these tactics unless there's some weird significant percentage of voters that aren't in favor of stopping Republican policies no matter what?

 

[GK86]

Dems need to start playing dirty. Fuck the GOP. Fuck trying to reach across the aisle. Stop trying to play nice with those racist ass monsters.

 

[Transistor]

Democrats weren't there because they were at a 9/11 ceremony

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Updated the title with this bit

 

[carlsojo]

Joe Biden and his supporters: They aren't bad people! They are just scared of Donald trump! Once he's gone they'll return to their senses!"

Everyone else: .... morons....

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I wish any of the frontrunners actually seemed like they could beat GOP at their own game.

 

[Deleted member 16657]

"They go low and we go high!" said the Democrats, as the world burned around them.

 

[Slayven]

NC GOP are the innovators is scumbag shit, they are writing the playbook you will see used in the coming years

 

[samoyed]

In a surprise move

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😂

No one really surprised except some gullible fucks.

 

[maxxpower]

Decorum, civility.

 

[Sean C.]

Between voter apathy/exhaustion and gerrymandering they don't need to worry about backlash.

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Actually, because of recent court rulings, gerrymandering isn't going to be able to help them this time.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

So.... why wern't they are the 911 ceremony?

 

[Dodongo]

Y'all blaming the Dems for this are ridiculous. Read the article.

 

[The Adder]

A lot of the folks in here calling for Democrats to play dirty are also the first ones to cry foul about them trying to game the system in ways that don't immediately result in a dopamine hit.

 

[spookyduzt]

GOP changed the game, and Democrats continue to play by the old rules. Especially in NC there is NO reason Democrats should ever believe the Republican party. EVER.

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GOP set the game on fire, and Democrats are playing with the ashes while the GOP pisses on them.

 

[Ac30]

Recall every moron D in that room tbh.

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For being at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony? Seriously?

 

[TyrantII]

I mean, what did they expect?

For being at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony? Seriously?

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The Dem Leadership should absolutely resign. Getting played that bad isn't just embarrassing, it's a show of incompetence and total lack of respect.

 

[dabig2]

GOP set the game on fire, and Democrats are playing with the ashes while the GOP pisses on them.

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No lies detected. Goes for basically all areas of government in the country.

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

Damn this is pretty low even for them.

I hope this wakes some of the Democrats up for how the Republican party works and operates nowadays, but I doubt it.

 

[DOT_mjo]

The only ones who look dumb from this is the Democrats. Why the fuck they keep trusting Republicans is beyond me.

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

So.... why wern't they are the 911 ceremony?

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They control the information stream so thoroughly they can ensure their base wouldn't find out, and if the base did, it would twist itself into pretzels arguing it was fine. That's my guess. No stakes at all.

 

[flatearthpandas]

Imagine trusting a Republican these days.

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[Arm Van Dam]

This is entirely on the GOP, not on the Dems especially on a day like this

 

[Deleted member 22490]

"You go high, we'll go low."

Seriously...

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"They go low and we go high!" said the Democrats, as the world burned around them.

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For being at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony? Seriously?

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They're talking about the gullible Dems who helped provide the quorum not the ones who went to the ceremony.

 

[Rotkehle]

Pathetic

 

[False Witness]

For being at a 9/11 remembrance ceremony? Seriously?

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No, the ones that were not at that ceremony.

If every Dem had gone, there wouldn't have been a quorum and no vote could have been held.

 

[KtotheRoc]

https://twitter.com/DanteAtkins/status/1171827328017752065

The safest thing to do is to assume that no Republican politician anywhere has any scruples about abusing power, assess any possible vulnerability, and defend against it. Even if that means not attending a 9/11 memorial.

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[Capra]

So did they take turns kicking puppies in celebration afterwards?

 

[FreezePeach]

I mean there is a video of the Dems that were actually at the vote flipping the fuck out and screaming at the speaker so not like they just casually took it from them.