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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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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Confederates thought highly enough of Kentucky and Missouri to included their stars on the battle flag.pic.twitter.com/plrwpuJiyf
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