• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    11 months ago

    She can just vote present or skip the vote entirely. Its the traditional move for Congresscritters that want to vote "No" without having an official "No"-vote on their record.

    But its hardly a "trap" in the meaningful sense. Not like Talib isn't a known quantity in her district. This is just House Leadership pretending like they're doing their jobs, while the country sinks into the morass of economic doldrums and social strife. If anything, incumbents being too vocal in their dogged support of Israel are setting themselves up for outsider opponents who want to capitalize on the anti-Israeli sentiment that's been building for weeks.