• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 days ago

    Or are they really that determined to hold the seat for an extra month or so ? Mid terms are Nov right ?

    Yeah. The thing is that Thomas Massie would be amongst the favorites and they will stop at nothing to keep him away from any power.

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        10 days ago

        The way I understand it, which is vaguely, Massie already lost the primary or something so he can’t run in the regular election. But he could run in a special election, which would divide the republican base and help a democrat to win.

        It is convoluted though, and beyond my limited comprehension of political complexities. Republicans tend to be very underhanded like this though, so republican-controlled states have convoluted laws which enable them to do these kinds of shenanigans.

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        10 days ago

        In their opinion, it clearly is.

        I guess they have some really nefarious stuff they wish to force through before possibly losing the majority and don’t think Massey would go for it.