My mistake, I thought we were talking about Lindsay Graham’s heel turn.
Which Dem rep voted aye?
Saw it too and now it’s gone.
Yeah, that was curious.
So this just happened. Thankfully some of them are just so incompetent.
I’m posting this for posterity: I stand by and am escalating my “soft 25th is already underway” theory.
- MarkWAYNE was DEFIANT on local news around 6pm local time (7 Est) that it was HIS DUTY to object to the vote, and made clear he was going through with it.
He’s also a meat-head works-out-a-lot dude who positioned himself a little too close to the action in the pics where the gal got shot (he was just behind the cops w guns barricading the door, in the “cheap seats…”
He has all the hallmarks of a “tough guy” whose never been hit in the mouth.
So the fact he suddenly backed down after getting a talkin’ to from Pence and/or McTurt sometime between 7pm E and 8pm E seems like he learned something big and new.
Someone in another thread here on the Dope made a point that I can only kind of ascertain:
These objectors are only currying favor to Trump’s base, which is dubious: Either Trump runs in 2024 or his “movement” is over. He IS the movement–it’s not transferable. So these ambitious “objectors” hoping to gain grounds on the Trump Train have limited upward mobility–They can only ride Tramp’s coattails to a 2024 victory, but they will NEVER replace him as the “guy.”
If that’s true, it makes sense that MarkWayne dropped the charade as soon as McT or Mike pulled him to the side and said “the Trump train has been taken off the track. It’s over.”
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There’s so much developing cover for it to already be underway. All the rumors it’s being considered…all the resignations…Tweeter/Insta/FB all finally killing his accounts…maybe they know the train has been taken off the tracks and can finally censor him?
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Too many bootlicks did a 180 tonight. Did you even HEAR Lindsay Graham’s speech?! He’s a vociferous DEMOCRAT now. He has the integrity of a wet lunch sack full of apples but he covers his ass…his speech makes me feel like they know Tramp is DOA. His speech was intended to butter up Biden. He knows what’s up. Whether that’s just Biden WON or that Trump’s dead in the water…we’ll see.
Rudy is continuing to Treason by calling Tommy Tuberville around 7pm to ask him to object to 10 states.
However, this is Rudy…
He dialed the wrong number and left a voice mail on a different Senator’s phone:
We’re on it!
There are a lot of GOP senators as evil as Trump, but our Johnson is one of the few who is also as dumb as Trump.
He was appointed November 9, while the Senate was in a week long recess. The President has the power to make recess appointments, Art II sec 2:
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
~Max
A man who has the ability to command large crowds and who has literally tens of millions of supporters. You are proposing to try him?
Can you imagine the shitshow that would happen. How pissed off his supporters would be acting out in a way that makes last night look like a joke?
What did MarkWayne do to make Kevin McCarthy single him out for his bravery during the insurrection?
I guess this is what I’m remembering from immediately after the election. Before Mitch had even conceded that Biden won.
As a rule, newly elected American presidents are afforded broad discretion when choosing their teams. Cabinet nominees, with rare exceptions, are usually confirmed without much controversy.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) may have a different approach in mind.
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McConnell apparently expects to wield veto power over the next administration’s cabinet choices. If Republicans deem prospective nominees “controversial,” the Senate stands ready to reject them – regardless of qualifications or traditional American norms.It brings to mind last week’s Senate confirmation vote on Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination and the emergence of the “because we can” standard articulated by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). As we discussed, it’s political dynamic that says, if you have the political power, you exercise that power. Period. Full stop.
Mussolini got kicked out of office.
And this reinforces my previous argument that these asshats pontificating in Congress are aiding Trump by dragging this out for media points.
Yes, we’re proposing rule of law, rather than giving into terrorists, which is what you just recommended.
After his country got invaded, and occupied. Not entirely sure that’s the ideal solution you are hoping for.
Rudy called Tommy Tuberville and asked him to object to at least ten states to slow down the process. I don’t think he has any idea what that would accomplish.
Yeah, that’s how we mete out justice in this country — based on how many SUPPORTERS you have!
Great idea!
WT ever loving F?
I’m so tired but afraid to go to bed because tomorrow morning there will be 500 new posts in this thread and I’ll NEVER catch up.
It’s nice he went into that closet and found his spine. Now if he will only invoke 25…