Pennsylvania G.O.P. refuses to seat Democratic lawmaker in State Legislature.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/politics/pennsylvania-gop-refuses-to-seat-democratic-lawmaker-in-state-legislature.html

The effort by congressional Republicans to deny the presidential results found an echo in the Pennsylvania legislature on Tuesday, when Republicans voted not to seat a Democratic lawmaker who was elected in November and to remove the lieutenant governor, also a Democrat, as the presiding officer of the State Senate.

On a typically ceremonial day of swearing in members, Pennsylvania’s Senate majority refused to seat Senator Jim Brewster, whose narrow victory was officially certified but is being challenged in court.

In a contentious, chaotic session, Republicans also voted to remove Lt. Gov. John Fetterman as the Senate president and to replace him with the top Republican in the chamber.

The lieutenant governor refused at first to leave the rostrum, and for several minutes both he and the Republican voted into his place tried to recognize motions from the floor. Eventually, Mr. Fetterman stepped away.

“I was escorted out,” Mr. Fetterman said in an interview minutes later. “This was a corruption of the fundamental democratic franchise in our state.” He said Mr. Brewster’s win in November was certified by the secretary of the commonwealth and compared the state Republicans’ actions to President Trump’s efforts to subvert the outcome of his race.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

If it works, expect more.

 

[Jarhyn]

If it works, expect more.

I am expecting the US senate to do exactly this, again.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The Senate President maneuver was particularly scary. The GOP has been sliding towards a one-party Government for the last 14 years, and we seem to be arriving at a steeper portion of the slope.

 

[blastula]

If it works, expect more.

I am expecting the US senate to do exactly this, again.

They won't. They need a 2/3 vote to not seat anyone.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

If it works, expect more.

I am expecting the US senate to do exactly this, again.

They won't. They need a 2/3 vote to not seat anyone.

They likely have a plan to redraw state boundaries.