Speech nerd that I am,a piece of me's genuinely impressed @ Sen McConnell's familiarity w/ the rules of debate & using them to his advantage
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Replying to @jesswelman
The "rules of debate" are not rules per se, but whatever the Republican majority wants them to be at a given moment.
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Replying to @Grange95
isnt it pretty clearly written in rule 19? Silly rule, but it is there, so I can't help but find it objectively clever
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Replying to @jesswelman
Rule 19 is NOT "objectively clear". It is purely a matter of what the majority will or will not tolerate.
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Replying to @Grange95
I was saying politics aside I find it objectively clever to invoke that rule to clarify. Feels like a Columbia kinda move
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Replying to @jesswelman
I guess I don't follow your point. Using a rule to stamp out opposition is hardly clever. It's just brute force.
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Replying to @Grange95
idk, to me it seems like when the Ravens used knowledge of an uncommon rule to keep the other team from getting the ball
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Replying to @jesswelman
How so? This is purely a matter of "we have a majority, so sit down". It's not some sort of superior rules jujitsu.
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Replying to @Grange95
I've not heard news of other senators blocking something with Rule 19. Seemed original and good situational awareness of debate
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If a technical rules violation depends solely on having a majority to back your play, that's not clever by any definition.
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