I think the argument being made is that he still has a de facto majority, as most of the folks kicked out of the party are still likely to vote ideologically similar to how they'd previously voted.
Like how Angus King (I-VT) can be relied upon to vote with the Democrats in the US Senate.
it was a stored procedure to populate a dropdown list of languages each translated into their own language on an old asp.net app. i always liked it