The *only* GOP votes against *any* Trump nominees so far: HEGSETH: Collins, McConnell, Murkowski GABBARD: McConnell RFK JR: McConnell PATEL: Collins, Murkowski Cowardice. - ThreadSky

ericcolumbus.bsky.social • 2 days ago

The *only* GOP votes against *any* Trump nominees so far:

HEGSETH: Collins, McConnell, Murkowski

GABBARD: McConnell

RFK JR: McConnell

PATEL: Collins, Murkowski

Cowardice.

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minerva1.bsky.social•2 days ago

It should be clear now to Dems that their “friends on the other side of the aisle” are ready and willing to see them imprisoned and/or executed.

2heartswellness.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes.

Do you see this, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social?

This is LIFE OR DEATH. It's not the price of eggs. It's not bipartisanship. It's not cosying up to tech bros with money who will be pleasant to you.

It is LIFE OR DEATH.

Are you going to lead or do you need to step aside?

goosetongue.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s only because they have the numbers otherwise that these were no votes

shazbotvexed.bsky.social•2 days ago

Complicity. Agreement. Ownership.

This is who they are.

dunnersmads.bsky.social•2 days ago

They too will be eaten.

heatherskether.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wouldn't call it cowardice. I'd call it assholism.

isammis.bsky.social•2 days ago

Depends on the particular Senator.

lguap0.bsky.social•2 days ago

And these nay votes were pure performance. The nay votes only happened because the nay voters knew there were enough yea votes to confirm.

whippetrun.bsky.social•2 days ago

The biggest threat to average Americans is the "Podcast Guy" ( thanks @maddow.msnbc.com ! ),RFK jr.

starman-x.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good bet Trump threatened all of them if they did not go along with his picks. And threatened them not to go public about his threats or the consequences would be dire. This is what mob bosses do.

klewpka.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stunning when we consider what we know about this Cabal

pai-pai.bsky.social•2 days ago

And those who did weren't being brave. They were given permission in an effort not to piss off their constituents. They knew they had the numbers to get him through. Collins, McConnell, Murkowski, and the rest of the GOP remain spineless.

icassassin.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm still rejecting the "cowardice" framing. I can empathize with cowardice, but what these assholes are doing is malicious. It is shitbag behavior with *intent*.

horrorkidd.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s all choreographed to where the asshats get confirmation but none of the rethuglicans can be blamed for a loss.

alex.vitreous.rocks•2 days ago

They were always fascists.

ferretslave.bsky.social•2 days ago

Can we impeach spineless congress people for not doing their jobs? I've left messages for Ted Cruz to just go to Cancun since he can be replaced by a rubber stamp. Bribery or blackmail Ted, which is it? Grassley sleeps during sessions and when they poke him he shouts ''Yes!". We deserve better.

thyroid-2303.bsky.social•2 days ago

It surprised at all. The repugs are scared

arandomdino.bsky.social•2 days ago

I did more research, and Republicans are scared that Trump will unleash his brownshirts on them if they dare disobey. Thom Chilli's got death threats and that made him vote Hegseth.

jpure.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s a party made up of Christo fascist greedy cowards.

cd53.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh how I hate fucking Libbers

minkysma.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unequivocally self-serving. Even the cowardice is the "self-serving" variety: don't take my job away, don't take away my profits, don't shun me, don't harm me or my family.

janbeecher.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ten. Years.

benjamming2u2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah too little too late. Traitors

alvie2.bsky.social•2 days ago

What I dont get is it because they dont want to lose their jobs Or they dont think the constitution is worth protecting; and if so why did they solemnly swear to protect it?

barb1158.bsky.social•2 days ago

Corrupt anti-Americans.

sageboomer.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump, Musk and their immediate family members must be SHUNNED forever!!! America's reputation of being that "shinning city on a hill" is over. ALL members of the GOP in office today MUST be added to this list and remembered and punished for their malevolent actions. Society must NEVER forget! #2026

bohunkhusker.bsky.social•2 days ago

They know the numbers. It's ALL THEATER on the #GOP side.

thomas-day.bsky.social•2 days ago

On Jan 13 2021, the second Trump impeachment, Mitch sold out the American citizens. More than anyone, he knew the danger of Trump, and instead he made a gamble to keep GOP power at the cost a potential future calamity. Now, we are paying the price.

clarissasorenson.bsky.social•2 days ago

So the only Republicans with a hint of independemce are the woman who should never have caucused with Reps after they primaried her, the woman whose light blue state Senate seat can only be maintained by the appearance of moderation and the walking corpse

curmudgeon67.bsky.social•2 days ago

No - zero independence. They were allowed to perform meaningless "no" votes to ensure they could use that to fool their voters yet again.

courtney01.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where are the names of ALL those Republicans …
who know EXACTLY
what ALL these appointments mean for the rest of us ?

elusiveapricity.bsky.social•2 days ago

Today, it was Susan's turn to vote NO.
If one other Republican had voted NO, Collins would have voted to confirm.
They just keep taking turns.

roddusi.bsky.social•2 days ago

How does McConnell justify this vote?

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•2 days ago

I was surprised given his no votes on Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Gabbard.

roddusi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, my thought as well. Particularly given his concerns with Hegseth in defense and Gabbard in intelligence, Kash at FBI it does not jibe. RFK Jr. was a personal experience for him.

benjicardoso.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cowardice is too generous, just treat them as the true-believing fascists they are

jpathall.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tillis could've been a hero and sunk Hegseth. Instead we've got a fasci Cabinet utterly unbeholden to the voters. God help us.

daisyanne.bsky.social•2 days ago

If they are scared Voting for P should scare them more than speaking up

ukanarchist.bsky.social•1 day ago

i am sure its not just me, but living in the republic of ireland the entire us cabinet appears to be completly bonkers

jerseymom.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s true. We replaced a four star experienced general with a misogynistic unqualified platoon leader. Look at his suit. Where are all the medals that our former leader of the military had? Oh yeah the new guy is white and Donny thinks he’s handsome. Fucking insane. Donny’s Entitled Ignoramuses.

eternaleyeroll.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don’t forget evil.

daplander.bsky.social•2 days ago

and these are only the most egregious. 1000 reasons to vote against Linda McMahon, Russ at OMB, et al

artwells.com•2 days ago

It is what the GOP wants.

redrebel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mitch the glitchy bitch didn’t vote against Patel?

I thought he was all about opposing all nominees on his way out?!

Goes to show, republicans NEVER tell the truth.

rosemaryandrock.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow. Thank you for the reminder and reality check about how irresponsible and appalling this all is.

jenmulvaney.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes! We are all, rightly, upset with the Democrats and their response. But we also need to be outraged at the absolute knee-bending by the Republicans. They bear a large amount of the responsibility for where we are since they aren't pushing back on anything that Trump/Musk are doing.

jerseymom.bsky.social•2 days ago

They bear All the responsibility. They have All the power. It’s total bullshit.A campaign based on lies,presidency based on lies. DEI is great.Doge is unconstitutional.Donny’s crazy cult is ignorant as hell from Fox News bullshit. His cabinet picks are Unqualified Asshats that will cause us to DIE.

mindful556.bsky.social•2 days ago

The RFK Jr vote is bleak

antifagurl.bsky.social•2 days ago

May every last Republican in America burn in fucking hell.

paradigm317.bsky.social•2 days ago

Soon enough. Cheers mate

dtmmc.bsky.social•2 days ago

We the people voted for this. The intentional decline of america is OVER.

sactosteve.bsky.social•2 days ago

Low information Fox viewing voters might be forgiven, not these criminally cowardly GoP senators.
Shame will forever haunt you.

loki62.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why would the GOP vote against their own picks? Those who did shall soon be gone. We love Trumps cabinet. So should you unless you are pro waste, fraud, and abuse.

vchiesibrown.bsky.social•2 days ago

GOP. Greed Over People. This is an instance where you can lump all the bad together. The irony is, they will be the ones most to find out after F'ing around and complain when it happens.

jellyfrog23.bsky.social•1 day ago

McConnell voted for Patel?? I thought he'd had a last minute change of heart and decided that destroying the nation was bad. Did he change his mind back again?

carlagmail.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

espinsegall.bsky.social•2 days ago

If it mattered, McConnell would have gone the other way.
Of course.

usfunjumper.bsky.social•2 days ago

And they were all confirmed, meaning the GOP votes against were a sham to provide cover.

rsv12.bsky.social•2 days ago

Interesting, he is not going for re-election and is the only one who has voted against more than once

anantesq.bsky.social•2 days ago

LOLing once again (read: crying with frustration & anger) at those who insisted that the most “effective” way to oppose Trump is to continue working with Rs to “create space for Rs to oppose Trump nominees”

https://bsky.app/profile/fritschner.bsky.social/post/3lh53h3o6ls2c

psgarak.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's an insult to Cowards.

Shaggy and Scooby are better than this.

It's traitorous.

pythonpat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Traitors will be brought to account.

batgirl2005.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup! All of them. Collins and murkowski were just token votes to look like they actually had backbones - which they DONT!

magpie90.bsky.social•2 hours ago

McConnell finally finds his spine, too late.

asiegel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cowards or co-conspirators?

carmen-m.bsky.social•2 days ago

McConnell should be held accountable for starting this chaos with Trump’s first time in office. What a disgrace.

chipsf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just enough so they can say they voted against the worst but not enough to stop any of them.

Cowards all of them.

wanderinggatherer.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm betting if their vote actually meant something they would not have the courage of John McCain and vote against the nominees like Senator McCain did when he voted against repealing Obamacare. It's like me vote for a national level Democrat, it doesn't affect the outcome.

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well, Collins and Murkowski joined McCain in that vote.

chachorogers.bsky.social•2 days ago

Next stop: nuking the filibuster the moment it gets in the way of something Trump wants.

savagecatscratch.bsky.social•2 days ago

Massive cowardice...disgusting level of wussiness.

thelorso.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gonna be hard to blame Trump down the road, when the public needs a scapegoat. I guess these GOP Senators are all in.

reiki1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Makes perfect sense. In a nutshell, all Republicans are motivated first by FEAR.

ironyhorse.bsky.social•2 days ago

As long as the administration is banning words, let’s add courage, guts, values and Republican leadership.

sordf1sh.bsky.social•2 days ago

McConnell destroyed democracy, he's looking for redemption

justplainbeaute.bsky.social•2 days ago

No redemption for the Self-Described “Grim Reaper”.
None.
This is All on Him.

curmudgeon67.bsky.social•2 days ago

The only GOP "no" votes that would have stopped a nominee = zero. Don't be taken in by the duplicitous "no" votes since they were only done when there was no chance to stop the nominee. This is perfectly evidenced by Mitch's "yes" on Patel today. Now that would have been a "no" that mattered.

triciagraced.bsky.social•2 days ago

You reap what you sow. It’s that basic. God bless/save us.

stevelaskin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cowardice, yes. And fear, stupidity, amorality, greed, a guaranteed pension and health insurance upon retirement. All they have to do is mark time. Service, empathy and ethics never cross their little minds.

ranmarlex.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well played useful idiots

mgreenaw.bsky.social•2 days ago

McConnell couldn't even bring himself to vote against Kash Patel. Profiles in courage, indeed.

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