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BBC News: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Blocks Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide After Meeting With Erdoğan And Trump
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Interesting how so many republicans are suddenly so willing to bow and scrape to every country and their interests over their own.
IMO the BBC's always had some issues with bias one way or another, but their problem as of late seems to be that they now both sides nearly everything in order to give the appearance of neutrality. Trouble is that they're doing this where one side is blatantly untrue or disingenuous, and by doing so they can give false narratives credibility.
The more and more how we see how both the house and senate work in the favor of those who just happen to have a majority over the other seems like a staggering flaw in the way they are designed. The fact that one person on either side can block entire resolutions or votes from happening doesn't sit well with me.
Seems he has the power to be the only vote that counts in America. Along with his master.
Disgusting, I've met a few Armenians jn my lige and all of them talk about the genocide, their granpas and grandmas that disappeared, the family members that fleed to other countries and that lost contact, etc etc etc. The senator referred to it as "sugarcoating history", what the fuck.
He is truly despicable. What in the world has happened to this man.. it goes beyond selling your soul to the devil. We actually just watched the Conan Without Borders episode last night where he took Sona to Armenia.. a really powerful segment.
You don't. There are plenty of Brits that don't pay the TV licence fee.
Just accept living without iPlayer / BBC / live TV.
Why not have that rule only if the vote is regarding their own state then?
The way it currently is seems a bit undemocratic.
So is it Lindsey or his master that has the only vote that counts?
How predictable coming from lindsey graham. What a spineless, conniving worm.
Yes. She also voted against sanctions on Turkey. Now at least she has a Republican ally she can have tea with in the Senate.
Yes. She also voted against sanctions on Turkey. Now at least she has a Republican ally she can have tea with in the Senate.
It works more or less like a filibuster in that it would take 60 votes for couture.
Come on South Carolina vote this Fucker out for re-election I'm so tired of his stupid ass face, shitty arguments, and America should just go to war with everyone attitude.
They can be overridden but when it's something symbolic like this they most likely aren't going to bother with all that process.
probably, but:
anyway, South Carolina realllly needs to abandon Lindsey Graham, a pathetic individual who has had a place of prominence at the table for far, far too long
Wait so a single senator can block something like this? Am I missing something or is America just that fucked up?
I went to university with a lot of Armenian students whose families immigrated to the US following the genocide. The church across the street from my school would hold a full week of events to educate and remember the genocide.
Many of them also vote R. I hope they have woken up after this news.
Many of them also vote R. I hope they have woken up after this news.
Lindsey Graham dishes on Trump in hoax calls with Russians
Graham thought he was speaking with Turkey’s minister of defense. Instead, it was a pair of Russian pranksters.
www.politico.com
Listen to that phone call in the link, cuz if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, etc.
We're trying. Recent polling had it within single digits but ehhhhh
It's not a bug, it's a feature intended to ensure that hick-assed flyover states can punch well above their demographic weight.
In that context it makes a lot more sense (even if it's all stupid).
But that isn't Democracy surely? I'm just so confused right now >_< I'm almost 35 and this baffles me. Am I absolutely stupid?
It amazes me still that the secondary body within Congress (the house is meant to be the primary legislative body) wields so much more power than its counterpart. It's almost like this system of governance was created to disenfranchise those residing in populous areas, a significant portion of which are likely to be immigrants and minorities.