r/politics • u/slaysia • Dec 19 '17

Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote; creating 50-50 tie in legislature

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrat-wins-va-house-seat-in-recount-by-single-vote-creating-50-50-tie-in-legislature/2017/12/19/3ff227ae-e43e-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.82f2b85b50fa
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u/Pyryara Dec 20 '17

Yup. Basically their stance is "let's laugh about all those people who deeply care about any kind of issue".

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u/tehbored Dec 20 '17

To be fair, it's not like there aren't plenty of people who construct their identity around some cause and get super annoying about it.