Republican senators are publicly attacking their own colleague for refusing to let up on his military holds.

Senate Republicans are starting to turn on Tommy Tuberville over his blockade of military promotions.

The Senate brought 61 individual nominees to the floor for a vote Wednesday night. Tuberville objected to all of them, tanking each officer’s promotion. He has repeatedly insisted that his blockade, a protest of the Department of Defense’s abortion policy, does not harm military readiness.

But his Republican colleagues were finally sick of hearing it. “No offense, but that’s just ridiculous,” Senator Dan Sullivan said. “He knows it. We all know it.”

Sullivan revealed that the military expects Tuberville’s blockade to affect 89 percent of all general officer positions, across all branches.

“Xi Jinping is loving this. So is Putin,” Sullivan said, referring to the presidents of China and Russia. “How dumb can we be, man?”

  • BigFigEnglish
    22•1 year ago

    So what you start doing is when it’s his turn to vote yes or no and he starts talking about abortion you have he biggest guy in the room punch him square in the face. Then ask for his vote again. Repeat until he votes

    • @paddirnEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system. Come and see the violence inherent in the system! HELP! HELP! I’m being repressed!

    • @dhorkEnglish
      8•1 year ago

      I doubt that’s allowed in the Senate rules. But that won’t stop Fetterman, he doesn’t give a fuck.

        • @dhorkEnglish
          4•1 year ago

          I am in agreement with everything you wrote here.

          But I only brought Fetterman into this because the guy I was replying to wanted “the biggest guy in the room” to punch Coach repeatedly. And I think it’s well known that Fetterman is the biggest guy in that chamber.