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Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Colleagues to Accept Midterm Results
Original: It shouldn't be newsworthy that one # Democrat and one # Republican are willing to go public in their agreement on this
A Democrat and a Republican in Congress are publicly urging their colleagues to accept the results of the midterm elections, a joint stance that is drawing attention precisely because cross-party agreement has become rare. Commenters note that lawmakers simply affirming election outcomes should not count as news, yet in the current polarized climate it does.
Why now: Cross-party agreement on accepting election results is now unusual enough in US politics to make headlines.
US CongressDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyThe Hillmidterm elections
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- It shouldn't be newsworthy that one # Democrat and one # Republican are willing to go public in their agreement on this principle. But it is. "Bipartisan lawmakers push colleagues to accept midterm results." https:// thehill.com/homenews/house/613… · petersuber@fediscience.org · 10
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