• protist@mander.xyz
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    Only because that’s the way the Democratic party decides it is. Republicans don’t follow the same practice. These are informal rules agreed upon internally, not anything legally binding

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      One of the great “traditions” that’s been holding our government together like duct tape and bailing wire