Summary
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) warned Republicans against opposing Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as attorney general, stating that MAGA supporters would target their jobs if they break ranks.
Tuberville defended Trump’s right to choose his team, urging senators to “vote with President Trump.”
Gaetz, who recently resigned from Congress, is a divisive figure within the GOP, having faced FBI and House Ethics investigations over alleged misconduct.
Some Republicans are openly concerned about the nomination and are deliberating their next steps.
Its about time someone ended Tommy’s career. I can’t believe his own actions haven’t. Dude is just a grade A cunt
Yeah I’m sure senators will respond well to threats — as well as some house members did to threats from Gym Jordan to make him Speaker.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville must be aware that the next time anyone is going to vote on any US Senators is (hopefully) in 2026, right?
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And this is why they will fall in line. Tuberville’s threat is very, very real.
Trump has long shown his power to make or break political careers in the GOP. No prominent member of the GOP has so much as criticized Trump and had their political careers remain intact. Liz Cheney is a prime example. Mitch fucking McConnell, who spent decades shaping the far right of the GOP and spent the past 10 years leading Trump’s rise to power in the first place, is now being ostracized by some in his own party for not being MAGA enough. Adam Kinzinger, a former harsh critic of Trump, is now apparently trying to revive his political career by following the Kevin McCarthy playbook of sucking up to Trump..
They have both trifectas. They’ve got the White House/Congress/Supreme Court trifecta, along with the White House/HOR/Senate. It’s their game. They get to play the game by their rules. And Trump has said that they’re basically going to play Calvinball with the rules to get what they want. They have 53 seats in the Senate. If 51 of them decide that a simple majority can remove a member because they fucking say so, then that’s the rule and there’s nothing you or I can do about it.
This is the 2nd Trump administration. Get on board or get run over. Trump has far, FAR more power and influence than he had during his first adminstration. Get in his way and you will be purged. It’s that simple.
And remember, all you people all over the other threads bitching and saying you couldn’t vote for Harris because Liz Cheney showed up with her that one time…remember that you fucking voted for this.
then that’s the rule and there’s nothing you or I can do about it.
That is NOT true!
There’s nothing legal we can do about it, but that not the same thing.
Of course, you can always try to go the extralegal route, but you need a hell of a lot of heavily armed people willing to actually do that. Problem with that is that a good chunk of said people just got finished saying “Meh, nah.”
Problem with that is that a good chunk of said people just got finished saying “Meh, nah.”
“BUT OnLy 3 PERCeNt oF The coUnTrY FOugHt aGainSt tHE BRiTisH!”
Go for it, Rambo. Let me know how it works out for you.
You realize I’m mocking the cosplay army who use that line, right? That that’s why they call themselves “3 percenters”.
My apologies, then. I have simply never heard that before.
Nothing in that hill article involves sucking up to trump.
He says Rubio’s not the worst pick. Which is true.
Rubio is another far right extremist who pedals and conspiracy theories and is beholden to Russia. What’s the fucking difference?
I think the difference is that Rubio is cosplaying as MAGA but guys like Gaetz and Hegseth are true believers. Suggests that Rubio might have some personal limit to what he will do to help Trump.
Do we know if he also fucks children?
I’m not aligned with Kinzinger but I don’t really see the kissass vibes. I think he remains as principled as ever but he is acknowledging the new conditions of the game.
This is the 2nd Trump administration. Get on board or get run over. Trump has *far, FAR* more power and influence than he had during his first adminstration.
Hoping you’re wrong and his mandate fades quickly and he becomes an ineffective lame duck as early into this upcoming term as possible.
So am I, but if I were a betting man…
I bet on incompetence
It’s our primary hope
Mmm. Arguable thus far. He can’t get another legit election run so no one has any reason to back him past what they need to complete their goals.
I’m not gonna hold my breath but it’s not a certainty yet.
On the Harris🤎Cheney issue, I think it’s notable that the Harris turnout was actually quite large in many places, but the trump turnout was larger.
I can’t remember what media I was doomfully consuming, but someone basically said Dems should not try to court Republicans to vote… because even if it works, they’ll arrive at the polls and vote Republican.
I can’t remember what media I was doomfully consuming, but someone basically said Dems should not try to court Republicans to vote… because even if it works, they’ll arrive at the polls and vote Republican.
Now this is an interesting take on it that at least makes some more sense. I don’t think we have any precedent to really go on; how many times do we really see someone from one party advocating for the other guy. It would be interesting to study how valid it actually is.
Gee I sure hope this piece of shit stays real healthy.
are these those checks and balances i’ve heard so much about?
Yes, but not in the way Sen McChucklefuck thinks. Senators are a famously ornery bunch. They’re not going to respond well to threats.
No, they use PayPal instead of checks now.
No gaetz paid for his sex trafficking of underage girls with Venmo, that’s how they caught him.
Any guesses as to how soon it’ll be until Ol’ Tommy gets his face eaten by them leopards?
He’s rotten and party loyal enough that he’ll probably be around until the end of the regime.
Agreed, he’s a smoothbrained asshole. He’d be one of the last to get their face eaten, I’ll bet.
Tuberville is another reason why Alabama remains f’ed up.
Alabama is the anus of the usa.
I’m not sure your metaphor holds. You get rid of your anus life is not going to be that much fun. Alabama on the other hand…
child predator gaetz?
qon-addled magabrainz: “OMG! Hillary is sex trafficking children out of the basement of a pizza parlor with no basement, YOU GUYZZZ!”
{ Actual sex trafficker gets nominated for AG }
Also qon-addled magabrainz: “If anyone questions this pedo being AG, we will END YOU!”
Child sex trafficker.
Child predator, paid children for sex over venmo gaetz. Yes.
Whether you like it or not, you can’t say members of the Republican party are not beholden to their voters. Can’t say as much for the Democrats, which is why they keep losing.
That’s bullshit. They are beholden to Russia. They don’t give one fuck about any of their voters.
We are witnessing a Russian attack on our democracy. They are using Americans against us. These people are the enemies within.
Is it so hard to believe Republicans are just shitty people? Why do you need the idea of a puppet master controlling them?
Yeah both are true. Putin is very clearly giving the orders, here.
Clearly in what sense?
Telling Trump to pick Tulsi Gabbard, another Russian intelligence operative to be the Director of National Intelligence.
We are so fucked.
It can be two things
Is that not in tandem with Trump voters’ shift to Russia? “I’d rather be Russian than a Democrat” and Trump voters talking about plans to immigrate to Russia if Trump lost are things I seem to remember in recent years.
My original point was not to claim that Republican politicians necessarily care about what their base wants, but they do seem to understand that they have to at least campaign heavily on populist issues to get elected. And that disloyalty to Trump is met with rabid outrage from their base.
The qons are only beholden to the most terminally online of the magabrainz. Oh, and their donors.
They voted for better economy and we’re dicking around making Gaetz AG. No, this is not for “the voters” it’s to waste tax dollars persecuting Trump’s political opponents
Tommy Tuberville is a very Alabama name.
Is potato
But is pronounced to rhyme with rubber.
I refuse to respect any Republican’s preferred name. Its name is Tammy Tooberville.
Just one of his long cons, no doubt
Not in my head.
I can no longer find the head of the human centipede that is maga.
Maybe Russia. They’re close to the front, at least.
It has come full circle and is continuing to march forward inside itself until it becomes a Mobius magapede.
Nothing Republicans like more than being infinitely up each others asses.
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Tuberville defended Trump’s right to choose his team, urging senators to “vote with President Trump.”
The same Tuberville that held up more than 300 of Biden’s non-political military promotions now thinks nominations should just get a rubber stamp?
The same Tuberville that held up more than 300 of Biden’s non-political military promotions now thinks nominations should just get a rubber stamp?
Of course. You don’t expect them to play by the same rules they try to impose on everyone else, do you?
Mitch McConnell has openly acknowledged, admits to, and embraces the hypocrisy as a political tool to be wielded as necessary.
And America’s voters have proven that tool to be extremely effective.
Being moral or consistent is viewed as a weakness for the qons.
I mean if you were hoping for some gotcha on them being hypocrites you should know by now that they don’t care and neither do their supporters.
Tuberville himself wouldn’t, but a lot of Republicans thought that was dumb as shit and was directly hurting military readiness. He does not have a good reputation in his own party thanks to that stunt. Tuberville’s voters will still come out for him, but it takes more than that to get things done in Congress.
It’s quite possible that more than a few Republicans will ignore Tuberville. The senate breakdown will be 47/53, so it doesn’t take many to stop it.
Yes. They don’t care. Stop wasting your time pointing out their overt hypocrisy. It’s exactly what they want.
You are right. These people only speak one language. The same language we spoke to the Nazis last time.
Yes. He would have zero issue with your comment. He would smile. He is not attempting to be logically consistent
Tuberville? More like GROOMERville.
