Joe Rogan on politics: what the evidence says · JRE #1490
SUBJECT: POLITICS
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
Why didn't he show up? He won't comment. Oh, wow. He won't. He's been reached out to comment on it.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
On May 13, 2020, the Senate voted on S.Amdt. 1583 (Wyden-Daines), which would have required a warrant for government access to Americans' internet browsing and search history under FISA. The amendment needed 60 votes and received 59, failing 59-37. Senate roll call records show four senators did not vote: Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Ben Sasse (R-NE); any one of them showing up could theoretically have changed the outcome. Contemporaneous reporting (Slate, citing an aide's confirmation to Politico) found that Murray would also have supported the amendment had she been present, making her absence equally decisive. Singling out Sanders as the reason the measure failed, as Rogan does, is misleading: it omits that Murray's absence was just as consequential and that two other senators (Alexander and Sasse) were also not voting, with no public confirmation that Sanders alone determined the result.