Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change the Pentagon's abortion policy, employing maneuvers to hold up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.
You remember when McConnell held up all Obama’s judicial picks, then opened the floodgates when they could stack the courts with conservative judges? That’s exactly what Tuberville is doing with the military.
Not quite every Republican, at least based on their public statements. There are some Republicans who have come out very vocally against the holds. Conveniently for Coach, though, there are not yet enough Republican votes to get to a supermajority.
We’ll see if Chuck ever puts a rules change forward soon, that’s when we’ll know whether those Republicans are serious about the military, or whether Coach just gave them a hall pass to distract us all over the issue.
You remember when McConnell held up all Obama’s judicial picks, then opened the floodgates when they could stack the courts with conservative judges? That’s exactly what Tuberville is doing with the military.
Makes sense. Journalists act like “tuberville is doing this all by himself!”… but he has the support of every Republican.
Not quite every Republican, at least based on their public statements. There are some Republicans who have come out very vocally against the holds. Conveniently for Coach, though, there are not yet enough Republican votes to get to a supermajority.
We’ll see if Chuck ever puts a rules change forward soon, that’s when we’ll know whether those Republicans are serious about the military, or whether Coach just gave them a hall pass to distract us all over the issue.
Unfortunately we know from past experience that they’re not serious about any useful thing, only power to accomplish things that are not good ideas.
Oh fuck, does that mean they’re trying to perform another coup and are planning it? That’s kind of what it sounds like you’re saying.
They don’t intend to let the next one fail.