Given that only 11 states seceded from the Union, it would be sort of astounding if they were currently represented by more than 22 Senators. How did you count 13?
Please, please tell me, @JohnJHarwood, that you don't think your native Kentucky was a Confederate state. https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1223694263432765442 …
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In the immortal (if probably apocryphal) words of Abraham Lincoln: "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky."
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So did the Arizona Territory. But those were essentially dissidents from state governments that did not recognize secession. They Mayor of New York wanted to secede, but he didn't have the votes to bring his state with him, either.https://twitter.com/Toral1/status/1223721785591582721 …
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Yes, I also counted wrong by forgetting them. It's actually 19 Republican Senatorshttps://twitter.com/posglen/status/1223716211000795137 …
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If you insist on keeping score of this nonsense at home, Bill Clinton (who was from a former Confederate state) got 8 Not Guilty votes on his impeachment from Senators representing former Confederate states. Nobody at the time argued that those votes were somehow tainted.
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It was still a bad point.https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1223789919065313280 …
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And last but not least... Abraham Lincoln was a... wait for it... REPUBLICAN!
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