Trump declares that Senate majority candidates should allow him to make recess appointments
Trump declares that Senate majority candidates should allow him to make recess appointments
The president-elect said the next Senate majority leader should be open to bypassing Senate confirmation for administration appointees.
Summary
Donald Trump has publicly involved himself in the race for Senate Majority Leader, insisting that any Republican candidate for the role must support his demand for recess appointments, allowing him to bypass Senate confirmation for cabinet positions.
Trump’s statement on Truth Social emphasized the need for rapid appointments to avoid delays. GOP candidate Sen. Rick Scott endorsed Trump’s call, while opponent Sen. John Thune criticized it as a violation of the separation of powers.
Trump also calls on Democrats to halt judicial nominations during the lame duck session.
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while opponent Sen. John Thune criticized it as a violation of the separation of powers.
Oh you sweet summer child, you still think Trump gives a shit about such things.
Nobody should care if he doesn't give a shit. Everyone should be very concerned about everyone else still giving a shit so props to this guy.
Let's just normalize stating the obvious and upholding oaths and directives
Let me put it this way: he doesn't give a shit and neither do most of the rest of the Republican party.
Thune's a rare exception.
American history in a nutshell: A bunch of people who understand that the oath is a directive to be superceded by no man have done a whole lot of wild shit, leading to us sitting around arguing about how little republicans give a shit about upholding the oath. I think we got a handle on it. Have faith that there's a line that people won't allow Trump to cross because he isn't even in the top 5 worst things we've faced
For your sake, I hope you're right. We're not sticking around to find out.
McConnell right now is trying to push through someone via blind vote to prevent this from happening. You'll see a lot of unlikely allies. We're all Americans at the end of the day
Again, for your sake, I hope you're right.
We’re all Americans at the end of the day
Yes, that's what I'm afraid of.
Do Japan and Finland next. Yeah, our past sucked, but we're trying to learn, as is every other place
I mean, the civil war, we basically forked the constitution and fought over which version was better, hugged it out, no secession. That's what I mean, America is dysfunctional but pulls together, all because we believe that sheet of paper is some divine thing handed down directly from the framers, and as long as we have that we'll get through anything
What the hell are you talking about??? We didn't "pull through". The south tried to leave the union, and we said "oh no you don't, ya little shit!"
Yeah and it only took the deaths of many hundreds of thousands of Americans fighting with muskets and cannons. I dread to think what a civil war would look like today
Well yeah, we need to remove the deprecated version
but we’re trying to learn
I haven't seen much evidence of that. Quite the opposite, in fact.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/nov/08/your-body-my-choice-harassment-toward-women-surges/
https://newrepublic.com/post/188230/donald-trump-maga-violence-threats-girls-rape
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hitler-poison-blood-history-f8c3ff512edd120252596a4743324352
Okay, turn this into a movement and a self-fulfilling prophecy and end it all if that's what your heart of heart desires, but there are people that will stop at nothing to prevent that or Trump from doing such a thing. It'd just be a little easier without.
Unity helped us push the British Empire out. Unity helped us rebuild after Canada torched our capital. Unity pulled us together after the civil war. We were late to WWII but thanks to unity, we outraced Germany. If we don't have unity, what will Trump do? Take a wild fucking guess.
In this context, you're America, and Trump is the adversary.
When you leaving?
Before the end of January. I have the good fortune of dual citizenship.
Good luck, I'm hoping that I can get a worker's visa through my employer to move to the UK myself.
Thanks. Good luck to you too!
Care to list some of the others? I could use some contextualization, cause this feels pretty fucking bad.
Not most. Every single republican amd every person who stayed home is just fine with a person who tried to overthrow the government 4 years ago retaking the presidency. They're all traitors.
Don't forget 3rd party voters.
