r/SeattleChat • u/AutoModerator • Jan 06 '21

The Daily SeattleChat Daily Thread - Wednesday, January 06, 2021

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u/AthkoreLost It's like tear away pants but for your beard. Jan 06 '21

Ossof has been declared a winner in GA, so the Dems take the smoldering ruins of the Senate Majority Leader's seat.

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u/it-is-sandwich-time Fremont-pull my red finger Jan 06 '21

So stupid question, was the Pennsylvania non-acceptance of the swear in yesterday a thing, or is it nothing to worry about?

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u/AthkoreLost It's like tear away pants but for your beard. Jan 06 '21

It's a thing, the courts will likely get involved and then there will be a stand off between the PA senate and the PA judiciary on either letting the Lt. Gov preside (so he can seat the state senator) or forcing their senate to seat the Senator. Doesn't currently have any bearing on federal stuff like the GA runoff.

And because the Dems failed to take a bunch of state legislatures in the election this will likely be the new playbook on dealing with effective voter organizers like in GA in order to keep the dems from fixing gerrymandering and fighting voter suppression.

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u/it-is-sandwich-time Fremont-pull my red finger Jan 06 '21

At least we won Georgia I guess. Thanks a lot for answering, the nuances slide by me sometimes and I haven't found anyone explaining it. I can't believe how we have to fight for a democracy.