Dan Gillmor on Nostr: If Republican senators like Murkowski and Collins vote against Trump nominees, ...
If Republican senators like Murkowski and Collins vote against Trump nominees, remember that these are performative votes -- meaningless statements of preference.
When it counted -- when the Republicans had super-thin control -- they were lockstep with Trump.
Their sudden "independence" is a lie.
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