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Republicans Have Absolutely Had It With Tommy Tuberville: “Xi Jinping Is Loving This” (newrepublic.com)

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Senate Republicans are starting to turn on Tommy Tuberville over his blockade of military promotions.

The Senate brought 61 individual nominees to the floor for a vote Wednesday night. Tuberville objected to all of them, tanking each officer’s promotion. He has repeatedly insisted that his blockade, a protest of the Department of Defense’s abortion policy, does not harm military readiness.

But his Republican colleagues were finally sick of hearing it. “No offense, but that’s just ridiculous,” Senator Dan Sullivan said. “He knows it. We all know it.”

Sullivan revealed that the military expects Tuberville’s blockade to affect 89 percent of all general officer positions, across all branches.

“Xi Jinping is loving this. So is Putin,” Sullivan said, referring to the presidents of China and Russia. “How dumb can we be, man?”

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[-] WagesOf@artemis.camp 2 points 1 year ago

Republicans could end this in one vote. Democrats could bring individual votes and just pass them through slower.

Shutting down our military leadership is a team effort.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

There aren't enough hours in the Senate to do it individually. Also there's other shit to get done. This is not both sides. One man, not even the whole GOP for once is about it. Please don't falsely equivocate. It's dangerous.

Did you know a comment you've made like this may have stopped a potential swing voter from switching over bc while they're conservative they hate obstructionism and prefer a functioning government? "But both sides so whatever.. might as well keep voting against your abortions and trans people existing"

[-] WagesOf@artemis.camp 0 points 1 year ago

So you admit that the senate could do it if they wanted to without any republican support. And you're also claiming that it's not worth scheduling ANY individual position fill votes and better to just let one dumbshit destroy our military leadership because the dems can blame it on the republicans.

I'm not going to lie and claim that dems are perfect and theres no time to line up 400 votes (each of which takes approx 20 minutes) in the YEARS this bullshit has been blocked just in case some low information dumbfuck who would never have voted for not facism anyway.

Are you really claiming that there's no time or circumstances when those who can work around an obstruction simply refuse to do so have to start sharing the blame?

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You ignored the substantive part of my response. And I don't understand what your point is. I actually don't understand your comment at all.

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