And my point is that to keep them in the Senate, especially Ossoff who is up for re-election next year, they may need to vote in favor. I don't like it, but as someone who's been a minor elected official and who's been around politics most of my adult life, we may need to look at their practicalities.
I don't like it any more than you do, but we need to keep the good we have for as long as possible in this fight. Ossoff's religion has been referred to negatively in my hearing here in Savannah, a place that has the oldest continuous Jewish congregation in the United States. If he votes against this bill, he will be othered even more than he already is. Warnock might get away with abstaining, but the political reality is, if Ossoff votes against it, he may have already lost the 2026 election.
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Date: 2025-02-24 09:07 pm (UTC)I don't like it any more than you do, but we need to keep the good we have for as long as possible in this fight. Ossoff's religion has been referred to negatively in my hearing here in Savannah, a place that has the oldest continuous Jewish congregation in the United States. If he votes against this bill, he will be othered even more than he already is. Warnock might get away with abstaining, but the political reality is, if Ossoff votes against it, he may have already lost the 2026 election.