The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is slamming a fellow Republican in the Senate for waging an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is “paralyzing the Department of Defense.”
“The idea that one man in the Senate can hold this up for months, I understand maybe promotions, but nominations,” McCaul said. He added, “I think that is a national security problem and a national security issue. And I really wish he would reconsider this.”
Tuberville’s move has forced less experienced leaders into top jobs and raised concerns at the Pentagon about military readiness. Defense officials say Tuberville is jeopardizing American national security. Senators in both parties, including Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, also have criticized Tuberville.
In any other job, someone would be fired for blocking the rest of an org/team/company from accomplishing something. it feels crazy that we draw so many exceptions around politicians. It often just feels like a bunch of rich fucks flaunting the power they’ve bought.
You’re right, but politics is a different thing.
The voters are supposed to make this decision, but, well, without being condescending, yeah…
Is it really that different?
The US is more of a representative democracy, which means that the politicians are ‘elected’ by the people to represent the people. So they’re arguably ‘hired’ by will of the majority within a specific area.
The difference is there’s just not a lot of rules, punishments, or even recourse for the majority that voted aside from waiting 4-6 years and voting a different way.