If it’s true, this is a pretty boneheaded mistake:
Apparently Senator Ralph Northam had agreed with Minority Leader Tommy Norment to vote to give Republicans power sharing in the Virginia Senate today.
Before it was announced on the floor and finalized, RPV Chairman Jeff Frederick tweeted about it.
Majority Leader Dick Saslaw adjourned before it could happen.
The Democrats got into a room and pounded into Northam what would happen if he did this.
Northam backed down. (Now everyone hates him, idiot).
This much is true, around Noon today Frederick sent the following Twitter message:
Big news coming out of Senate: Apparently one dem is either switching or leaving the dem caucus. Negotiations for power sharing underway.
And then this happened on the floor of the Senate:
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 10:48 a.m. to reconvene at 11:56 a.m.
The Senate reconvened at 11:56 a.m.
Motion to stand in recess agreed to (21-Y 19-N)
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 12:03 p.m. to reconvene at 1:15 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 1:15 p.m.
On motion of Senator Saslaw, the Senate recessed at 1:16 p.m. to reconvene at 2:15 p.m.
The Senate reconvened at 2:15 p.m.
So, did Frederick’s tweet tip off the Democrats and give them time to strong-arm a possible turncoat ?
Interesting……
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“Representatives from the Senate Republican Caucus informed several members of our House Caucus today about what they characterized as an imminent power-sharing agreement. In addition, it was indicated to members of our Caucus, myself included, that this information was already known and was public.
I suggested to Chairman Frederick that he get the word out, minus the details. Jeff did not post anything other than an unnamed D was looking at leaving their caucus and power sharing negotiations were underway.
There is no reason to believe that Delegate Frederick’s posting on Twitter, which happened several hours into the day’s activities in the Senate, affected the outcome. Perhaps, it was the visit by the wavering democrat with the Governor of the Democratic National Committee. Regardless it is clear that the partisan makeup of the Virginia Senate is tenuous.” Morgan Griffith
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