And again, why is anyone framing this as punishment? Being denied power over other people isn't punishment!
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Replying to @Spartacousin
I'm gonna be blunt, I don't care about Aaron Coleman's welfare at all myself and I'm not gonna pretend I do But if I did I would be begging him to delete Twitter and drop out of the fucking election and leave politics alone
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Like, this isn't even from a "get help, become a better person" standpoint From a totally amoral Machiavellian standpoint, this idea he has that he's going to *get away with it* is utterly delusional One way or another he's going to totally wreck his life over this shit, soon
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Replying to @arthur_affect
And the sooner this circus ends the less damage will be done to everybody, including him Like how does he not get that it is completely his fault that now the entire goddamn country has seen his ex's receipts
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I completely agree that it'd be better if he dropped out—but I honestly think he will get away with it. Abuse of women just doesn't matter to most people; we don't *count* as people. We never have.
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Replying to @Spartacousin @arthur_affect
And that sounds melodramatic, but I just don't see another interpretation at this point.
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Replying to @Spartacousin
I actually think it's disturbingly likely he might squeak through and win the general election (mostly just due to voter apathy) But that just puts off the inevitable total meltdown a couple years into the future, when it will be worse
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Replying to @arthur_affect
not through voter apathy but voter awareness. But also I’m pretty sure the Kansas House can move to expel him, so would they?
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Replying to @Polit_eurOpines
Even at the state legislature level my impression is actual expulsion is very rare, although that's usually because legislators caught in a scandal agree to resign before expulsion to save face Coleman might be one to force the issue
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Polit_eurOpines
That said, while of course in reality you can be expelled as long as enough fellow legislators vote for you to be expelled, as a procedural thing expulsion is usually supposed to be because you demonstrated unfitness due to your conduct while in office, not before your election
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The GOP might refuse to let the expulsion go through, using that as the excuse (the real reason being Coleman taking up the seat of a blue district, with no Democrats being willing to work with him, weakens the Dems and is a major embarrassment for them)
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Replying to @arthur_affect
the Kansas GOP doesn’t particularly strike me as the kind of GOP to do that though
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