• dontsayaword@piefed.social
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    14 hours ago

    That may be sightly generous; Since the action was in the senate you could say it was 8+1 (counting Schumer) out of 47 senators, which is almost 1 in 5 senate dems, including the senate minority leader himself. It’s not a complete fringe.

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      13 hours ago

      It was a response to a comment about the party as a whole so including the representatives who opposed in both chambers seemed relevant.