Instead of constantly saying how “Tommy Tubervile” is blocking nominations, we should call out the conservatives entirely. They are 100% conplicit. Stop letting them create internal scapegoats.
We need to be reminding voters that conservatives are doing this together.
If I were Biden, I’d draft an executive order, go on national TV, and explain the reason why I have to use emergency authorization to use an EO to make sure our military has the leaders it needs to be ready.
They want to play around? Chuck the ball immediately into their face full force and give Tubby another concussion.
Great. During next fascist government, republicans will use the exact same executive order to install ultra-MAGA goons on key military leadership positions.
In fact trump already tried something similar: remember how many senior positions in his administration were just “acting” traitors? Many times he replaced one acting person with other acting person. DHS leadership during his admin comes to mind as a great example of that.
republicans will use the exact same executive order to install ultra-MAGA goons
Because the thing holding them back now is norms? They’re going to do it already. Why do you think they’re creating so many vacancies. It’s in preparation for 2024.
Dems will continue to play by the rules and lose. But hey, at least they have the moral high ground while we slip into fascism.
No the Republicans would not because the Senate can actually vote them down if they want to.
IMHO, if the president makes an appointment, the Senate is constitutionally required to give their opinion, or they forfeit the right for that appointment.
I agree, but they won’t because they’d rather have the talking point for the next election. “Conservatives are anti-armed forces” will be the spin. Something about interrupting your enemy when they are making a mistake.
It’s dangerously stupid, of course, and conservative voters don’t actually give a shit about the military.
Moves like that would be good for everyone except the bad faith actors in government. It just takes politicians like Biden admitting how broken their neo liberal order is. And working under a new paradigm focused on solving problems, not leaving problems in place so they can pretend they want to fix things through their inspirational speeches and donation drives.
Can’t they just remove Tuberville from that committee? The fact they don’t shows they are complicit.
They should remove him from the Senate entirely, since he’s violating his oath of office on the daily.
Can he be removed from Earth?
Rocket, or cannon?
For better or worse, removing a Senator is hard to do. The Senate would need two thirds of Senators to agree with this removal. Even if every Democrat agreed (and I’m even including Sinema and Manchin here), you’d still need 17 Republicans to vote for it.
Of course, it’s a good thing that it’s hard to do this. Otherwise, the next time Republicans controlled the Senate, they’d start kicking out Democrats one after another for the most idiotic of reasons.
honestly I don’t think it would be hard to get 17 Republicans to support the military
I mean, what else are they doing? Grilling Zuck and Musk on AI? Might as well be talking to the head of the CEO of the American Medical Association about neurosurgery techniques. There’s 2087 federal work hours in a year; put those 700 hours between now and the new year to use and get it done.
