Dems Who Sat Out the Sit-In Offer Array of Reasons
26th June 2016
Why did some Democrats skip this week’s sit-in on the chamber floor? The reasons run the gamut.
While the Democrats were overwhelmingly united in their remarkable 25-hour protest of congressional inaction on gun reform, not everyone participated. And the no-shows were absent for a range of reasons, only a handful of which were related to either the protest itself or the legislation it was designed to move. They included illness, family tragedy, travel and legal trouble.
This ability to act in unison is why Democrats keep winning and Republicans keep losing, no matter what the voting strength each might have.