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Fun fact: Senators who supported amendment represent 15 mil more people than those who opposed it
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Ari Berman ✔@AriBerman
Senate Republicans who represent 15 million fewer people than Senate Dems can block impeachment of a president who committed crimes worse than Watergate, lost popular vote by 2.9 million votes & suffered largest midterm election defeat in US history
Ari Berman ✔@AriBerman
H/T @imillhiser for this statIan Millhiser ✔@imillhiser
Fun Fact: The senators who supported this amendment represent 15 million more people than the senators who opposed it.
5:00 PM - Jan 21, 2020
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Ari Berman ✔@AriBerman
Unrepresentativeness of US Senate one of greatest threats to democracy in America. 34 senators from 17 smallest states representing only 7% of country can block Trump's removal from office
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/19/avoid-removal-trump-only-needs-senators-representing-percent-country-support-him/ …
Analysis | To avoid removal, Trump needs senators representing only 7 percent of the country to...
The House impeachment vote, however, largely mirrored what Americans in those districts would have wanted.
5:19 PM - Jan 21, 2020
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Between gerrymandering and the Electoral College, millions of American voters are being disenfranchised. 
