Mark Warner: "That cabinet meeting earlier this week where everyone went around and basically paid kudos to the great leader -- it was something that frankly I would've expected out of North Korea, not out of a cabinet meeting in America."
Comments
Log in with your Bluesky account to leave a comment
You know, one of the biggest failings in the media these days is, simply, CNN and more specifically Jake Tapper. One of the lowest points in journalistic history. Simply not up to the job or the times. I think his performance review is just a “meh?” Wonder who hired him? Unbearable.
It's a good thing our networks won't be showing every single second of it like it's news. Right? OK, EVERY SINGLE one will pause programing to show it - MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS (Bending the knee might save them), and even the pay channels might join in. Paramount, Netflix, etc.
Why paying homage to trump in his cabinent meeting is such a shock? This happened in his last administration! He wanted a military parade in his last administration also. sicko.
Correct! However, the more quickly that we all understand that this is no longer "America", that Republicans have turned this country into something else altogether - the more quickly we can determine and implement a final solution to the Republican problem.
Now I wish Warner and other Dems would put their money where their mouth is. This guy voted to confirm too many of Trump’s nominees. Senate needs to come to a halt until due process is followed. Dems need to be loud and persistent about alternatives.
Well, the North Korean, Russian, Chinese, etc sycophants and wannabes are in our house. It's a temporary takeover that will be cleaned out in due time. Fresh paint, air, de-golding & de-glittering and air fresheners will be applied. Nasty houses can be cleaned up very well.
Don’t forget their laughably stupid “Gulf of America” (“Murica”) baseball cap party favor at each table setting… 😬
Have any of them been spotted on TV, in public or at their own meetings wearing those hats? We need to spot the MAGA GOP idiots- and such hats help with that! 😂
Anyone who continues to support the trump regime can no longer just be referred to as Republicans, Right Wings, Trumpsters, a Cult or MAGAs…
Their continued enthusiasm towards the atrocities being committed speaks volumes & we must recognize them for who they truly are.
THEY ARE FASCISTS!
Watching all the ass kissing, obsequiousness, flattery and boot-licking in these cabinet meetings is hysterical. No one says anything without first praising his royal highness. And, like the emperor's new clothes, he just sucks it all up with that shit-eating smirk. Flaming sycophants.
What this behavior puts on blast to the world is that Donald Trump is an insecure immature person that desperately needs validation and to be propped up by other people’s idolization, praise.
The other message it sends is the people sucking up have absolutely zero self respect.
It’s job insurance to these butt kissers. They know cooing like birds over the wannabe dictator’s pitiful ego will help them hold the positions they occupy because they also know expertise has nothing to do with why they were chosen.
Pam Bondi took the prize. OMG! Basically calling him a Miracle, the best President ever, no one has done as much as Trump in their 1st 100 days (may be accurate if she meant destruction).
Don’t get me started on that porquería de hombrecito! #LilMarcoRubio is a POS seeking to be the next and first Latino(HA!) GOP presidential candidate I cannot wish him the worst.
What I don't understand is how Republicans/Conservatives have become the type of people who need to worship and fawn over a North Korea type leader (without the actual competence)
Bleh, bleh, bleh... He (and the rest of them) were saying the same things during his first term. Maybe if they had actually DONE something, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Why wouldn’t he expect it? He did it his whole first term too! Did he think things had changed!? Trump has a fragile ego needing constant fluffing otherwise he deflates and has to confront his weakness. So, he surrounds himself with sycophants. The price of admission to Trump’s orbit is ass kissing.
“You are right. Trump has always relied on external praise and flattery, which has led to him being surrounded by people who are always flattering him. Whenever he is challenged, he becomes vulnerable, and he seems to be accustomed to this environment.
You are 100% spot on, Alice. Trump is a classic case of narcissistic personality disorder, and narcissists always rely on external validation. They’re unable to self-reflect, as there’s nothing inside. They’re basically an empty shell.
Warner has spelled this out perfectly. There is no doubt our fearful leader would absolutely love to have the same control over us as Kim has over his people. Hence, the military parade is being planned for trumpkin's birthday. Exactly out of the North Korea playbook.
he did this first time around, too. Same effect. He's even MORE childish than anyone thought. WAYYYY more childish and completely immature. Like he hasn't even STARTED a maturing process. That's how twisted this guy is.
And the Republican Senators you keep expecting to turn on him are exactly as obsequious, you stupid shit. Which makes you a fool for expecting any meaningful change from them.
Why not? They were doing this his first go round and they weren't the sick sycophants they are now. I expect it to be much dumber than the first time. So far, it's going as expected.
I don’t care who you are, that shits embarrassing. I don’t give a damn of how important you are, given you an emotional blow Job in public, on national tv is fucked up!
Welcome to the new Republican Party!! Do they have any pride left?
I could never respect someone who expected me to start off what’s supposed to be a get down to business meeting by verbally fellating him for ten minutes before the actual meeting could start.
Not anymore, it isn't.This is exactly what he expects. And they know that because he said it, tell the stupid f******, do it! Grown, Will you son of a b****** I hope you all die!
No, we don’t. We also don’t need reporters going out and interviewing MAGAts and asking them what tRump has told them to think. We had enough of that for the last 10 years.
Well, now we have a few new ones saying the exact same things. And Lindsay Graham, saying the same exact shit, week after week. I no longer watch Sunday Morning shows for that reason.
I don't eve watch the Sunday shows for this very reason. Or, they bring on someone from Trump's cabal who lies with absolutely NO pushback. It's gross.
I completely understand your feelings. It is often disappointing to see some untrue reports or biased remarks. Especially when you see some irresponsible behaviors, it really makes you feel helpless.
Almost all the talking heads are just doing the usual handwringing for ratings - self aggrandizing bloviation while the country burns. It’s maddening, so I don’t watch.
You have to wonder if this is what happened in Germany as well.
“Since you have been in office, President Trump, your DOJ agencies have seized more than 22 million fentanyl pills—3,400 kilos of fentanyl...which saved—are you ready for this, media?—258 million lives,” Bondi claimed.
Beyond embarrassing. "Oh Donald, your gas smells like roses. Your hair is so beautiful! Your red ties are the reddest ties ever made! We are so lucky we can all be here to kiss your portly ass!!" Ugh. What a pathetic group of sniveling underlings!
Really? I 💯 expected it from America 🇺🇸 bc I have been paying attn for the last 40 years…watched Republicans bend the knee to hatred, power and self grandiose behavior, so yea…to me, this lines up perfectly.
Mark voted for 6 of the rapist in chiefs nominees which unfortunately is on the low end. So tired of this party and its leadership holding the door open to Naziism.
Literally took the words right out of my mouth! It was one of the most disgusting displays of cowardice that I have ever seen in my lifetime. Just change their faces to North Koreans, and we would not be able to tell the difference.
He had the same types of meetings the first time he was in office. Going around the table and having everyone say how wonderful he is. What an insecure little man!
Amen. Trump thrives on the praise from his sycophants. As a retired government teacher this is extremely disturbing. He is becoming an autocrat before our eyes.
It is pathetic. Sad really sickening and those spineless fu🤬🤬s are worse. I don’t think I could keep a straight face! Actually I wouldn’t do it. So it has to be money. Cuz that’s the only way.
A parade of minions with no spine, no morals, and their heads so far up his foul ass they’ve forgotten what daylight looks like.
These aren’t cabinet meetings — they’re loyalty cult rituals broadcast to the nation.
Sometimes I feel that people forget how bad Trump's first term was. And what this is gearing up to be, if SCOTUS doesn't rein him in. Keep pressure on leaders.
Warner helped to confirm some of these people, so isn't he at fault for some of this? He said in an interview recently that he still likes Rubio, just doesn't like "some" of his decisions...
Why? Didn’t he remember that king ding Dong did this with his cabinet meeting the first time? 8 years ago? I do. Maybe this is why the sane people lost. No memory
They're still using soft language as if little Marco isn't already completely gone. They really think there's a strongly worded letter way out of this. What a joke.
That obsequious display has always been comical, even when he did it in his first term. It’s embarrassing that a leader of a country demands this kind of adulation. 🤮
The maga man is such a wimp. It's the only way he gets adoration.
" One prominent indicator is a pattern of self-centeredness where the narcissist constantly seeks attention, validation, and admiration while showing little genuine interest in your feelings or needs".
He had his cabinet, during his first term, go around the table and tell him how great he is. The pattern of his dictator behavior was showing then!🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
And of course, they did it his first term also. We all remember that ridiculously sycophantic Cabinet meeting. The one where maybe one of the Cabinet members didn’t lick his boots. Was it the SecDef?
Well Senator perhaps you should stop voting for his appointees ? I mean seriously - the Dem voters are NOT STUPID. 14 or 15 of you all voted for that tool Purdue as ambassador to China. Sit down and be prepared for we the people run all corporate dems out of their seats! We want REAL opposition!
That fucking military parade that's going to cost $100 million is just going to be the icing on the cake to fully become North Korea because what the fuck is that bullshit.
And don't forget the strategically placed MAGA hats at every seat. If that's not cultist, nothing is. They may have gone full tilt and just worn black, white and red armbands.
100%. that was a disgusting spectacle...for the people at the table: just what do you get from kissing trump's ass for the nation to see? Are you that invested? Are your jobs that important? Have you no self-respect? Do you know what kind precedent you are creating?...
Well, maybe don't vote to support those groveling todeys, @markwarner.bsky.social?? Or ANYTHING Trump's regime puts forth. We're genuinely not seeing much pushback or activity from you, Mark. 👀
you know, there was another guy back in history that also overthrew a functioning democracy. He ended up blowing his own head off in a ditch, and it took 50 years for that country to rebuild and recover.
My dream reporter asks in the next press conf: “Many say POTUS ass-kissing circle jerk is a fucking embarrassment to most US citizens. Why does he insist on this display of his team’s subservience?”
Choreographed smiles and nods. I once had a N Korean student play piano for me and every time she made a mistake, she winced. I asked her ESOL teacher why, and she explained her teacher would hit her students with a stick if they made a mistake at a lesson. OK, bad. But a great player!
Doubt it was just a stick--(remember "Whiplash"?) it was worse. The psychological pain can be worse.
These kids are so sad. SO.. SO SAD. Music should be loved-- Mozart LOVED music. These kids are talented but not allowed to LOVE what they did💔
So she played piano and bass clarinet in my band and learned to love music without pain. I get her in a good music school for her BS in piano performance and she got a Masters in Performance. She asked me to her recital.
I played guitar, harp, &violin (not even as good as these poor kids play guitar at their age)-- those plastered smiles--- the perfected synchronization.
They aren't playing bc they love strings (i LOVE strings)— they play for fear.
&I see it🤬.
FK THIS SHT &bless those poor, (&now), adults.
That video is so sad. Those children were good, but they looked too afraid to even enjoy it. All I could think of was a non conformist Mozart when I saw this:/ https://youtu.be/tI7xtD3bMD0?si=v-GnhBHTiGeVIrZ1
It's not like they don't have enough money! Power is a drug though. I would love on bread n water before I did that! Oh wait... I'm pretty gd close to that.
Aaron: My Man! Have you not been paying attention?! What the hell did you expect from the incompetent Cabinet Leaders who got their positions because of Thug Dump. Of course they're going to suck him off👽
Stop beating about the bush
Do something ladies n gents
Do fkn something ..!!!!
Dems are not raising to the moment here.
A few are but leadership is miserably AWOL and underhand that the name Chamberlain is forever tainted and connected to culpability and cowardice ..☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
What is wrong withMarkWarner?
He's dumbing down ,softening the illegal actions lil Marco is doing like supporting deporting people w/o due process including sick children and Americans
And how about lil Marco saying he would with hold info from a judge?
W T F
COWARDS on both sides stick together
Fucking term limits are needed ,these guys get chummy,turn a blind eye when one of their pals fucks up,breaks the law or aides a fascist regime take over .Warner should step aside, allow a young fresh person , who will not be on the political cone slurping for favors and influence,take his seat
Comments
Because nothing else will stop them.
Have any of them been spotted on TV, in public or at their own meetings wearing those hats? We need to spot the MAGA GOP idiots- and such hats help with that! 😂
Their continued enthusiasm towards the atrocities being committed speaks volumes & we must recognize them for who they truly are.
THEY ARE FASCISTS!
I expect more from our elected officials. They all work for us not dtrumpf
Pathetic little fools..
The other message it sends is the people sucking up have absolutely zero self respect.
This Admn is toxic.
Did they think this made 47 look strong and not pitiably weak?
Interesting...
It was a reality tv show staged to pay homage to their beloved Dictator.
It was a shit show.
No sharing of intelligence, world view, situations, status.
Even North Korea knows better than to publicize their worship sessions.
https://youtu.be/eG-EjHukmwU?si=HzUMFYZwERCKD-lC
BFD.
These dumbAss Democrats need to go
All-Hail the Cult and the Cult Leaders willing to debase themselves weekly to show us how it's done.
Party like it's 2017, Mark.
And then step down from leadership because this pandering superficiality is exactly what helped get us here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PKq3BzhoRQ
Welcome to the new Republican Party!! Do they have any pride left?
And most of the cabinet lied then too
The thing is that many of these people in the cabinet don't like him.
Do we really need the same people going on the same Sunday shows saying the same things about the same person?
Constantly repeating a message so that it sinks in is like... the only strategy that works?
Cause most people aren't constantly tuned in
Biased remarks?? It's straight-up butt kissing CRAP.
The way you tried to "soften" words....doesn't work anymore. TRUMP LIES and the media lets him skate away. Sorry.
You have to wonder if this is what happened in Germany as well.
We all know Bondi don’t lie!
https://youtu.be/eG-EjHukmwU?si=HzUMFYZwERCKD-lC
Not "everyone" because words matter.
Probably will be kool-aid time before they leave.
Plus, it's downright disgusting.
These aren’t cabinet meetings — they’re loyalty cult rituals broadcast to the nation.
Democracy didn’t just blink. It gagged.
Oh, wait. You were serious?
" One prominent indicator is a pattern of self-centeredness where the narcissist constantly seeks attention, validation, and admiration while showing little genuine interest in your feelings or needs".
Nauseating!
We saw exactly the same behavior previously during Trump v1.0, prior to the GREAT GOP COUP v1.0!
Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.
Email them through their websites.
Tell them to shout impeach, impeach, impeach!
Loudly. Daily.
While it’s still legal.
And be a big problem for the dictator all day long.
Or don’t ask for money…
(Please repost)
If christ, the Holy Spirit, and God are 1, then ....?
America will be worse than North Korea of we do not stop them.
I think they will rewrite the constitution and rename the country too.
They want a new country with new laws & norms. That's what we are living through right now.
We HAVE TO fight!!
Prolly to the Confederate States of 'Merica.
https://youtu.be/DeGdJgWXJ6Q?si=pBPCiQLcFg6FRmO6
These kids are so sad. SO.. SO SAD. Music should be loved-- Mozart LOVED music. These kids are talented but not allowed to LOVE what they did💔
🤬
My musician heart (&pulling out my sweet boy)...
They aren't playing bc they love strings (i LOVE strings)— they play for fear.
&I see it🤬.
FK THIS SHT &bless those poor, (&now), adults.
BTW that's so cool about the instruments you played! Those are the same ones I wish I'd learned.
https://youtu.be/tI7xtD3bMD0?si=v-GnhBHTiGeVIrZ1
Do something ladies n gents
Do fkn something ..!!!!
Dems are not raising to the moment here.
A few are but leadership is miserably AWOL and underhand that the name Chamberlain is forever tainted and connected to culpability and cowardice ..☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️
CATCH UP. We should be WAY past being shocked or surprised.
Criticism of 🍊💩 isn't allowed or they're fired.
He's dumbing down ,softening the illegal actions lil Marco is doing like supporting deporting people w/o due process including sick children and Americans
And how about lil Marco saying he would with hold info from a judge?
W T F
COWARDS on both sides stick together