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GOP's Tuberville flunks yet another simple constitutional test
When I say that Alabama’s senior senator is confused about the basics of his own constitutional responsibilities, I’m being quite literal.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lcnjqbfxz22b
Tommy Tuberville keeps facing Civics 101 constitutional tests. He also keeps flunking them.
The senator who once flubbed the three branches of the government now doesn't understand the Senate's advice-and-consent authority at the most basic level.
The senator who once flubbed the three branches of the government now doesn't understand the Senate's advice-and-consent authority at the most basic level.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-tuberville-flunks-yet-another-simple-constitutional-test-rcna183161
Now that the football coach–turned–politician has several years of experience on Capitol Hill under his belt, is there any chance he’s better familiarized himself with the basics of constitutional law? Evidently not. The New Republic noted:
There’s been plenty of bizarre rhetoric from GOP lawmakers over the last month about Donald Trump, his personnel announcements and Congress’ responsibilities. Indeed, Tuberville himself has made head-spinning comments in recent weeks, suggesting that the president-elect and Vice President-elect JD Vance will soon be “running the Senate” — that’s not how separation of powers works in the United States — and claiming that it’s not up to senators to “determine” whether Trump’s Cabinet nominees have merit.
But he keeps making matters worse.
In this latest instance, the Alabaman began by telling CNN’s Manu Raju he disapproved of Republican senators who presume to be “a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump.” This was an odd thing to say, given that Trump has already effectively admitted that he and his team are not, at least in some instances, bothering to vet personnel for key positions at all......
Now that the football coach–turned–politician has several years of experience on Capitol Hill under his belt, is there any chance he’s better familiarized himself with the basics of constitutional law? Evidently not. The New Republic noted:
Tuberville told reporters from CNN Wednesday that the Senate didn’t need to complete the vetting processes for Cabinet confirmations because Trump already did such a great job of that ... Tuberville went so far as to suggest that Democrats who were merely doing their research were actually attacking nominees.
There’s been plenty of bizarre rhetoric from GOP lawmakers over the last month about Donald Trump, his personnel announcements and Congress’ responsibilities. Indeed, Tuberville himself has made head-spinning comments in recent weeks, suggesting that the president-elect and Vice President-elect JD Vance will soon be “running the Senate” — that’s not how separation of powers works in the United States — and claiming that it’s not up to senators to “determine” whether Trump’s Cabinet nominees have merit.
But he keeps making matters worse.
In this latest instance, the Alabaman began by telling CNN’s Manu Raju he disapproved of Republican senators who presume to be “a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump.” This was an odd thing to say, given that Trump has already effectively admitted that he and his team are not, at least in some instances, bothering to vet personnel for key positions at all.
Tuberville told reporters from CNN Wednesday that the Senate didn’t need to complete the vetting processes for Cabinet confirmations because Trump already did such a great job of that ... Tuberville went so far as to suggest that Democrats who were merely doing their research were actually attacking nominees.
There’s been plenty of bizarre rhetoric from GOP lawmakers over the last month about Donald Trump, his personnel announcements and Congress’ responsibilities. Indeed, Tuberville himself has made head-spinning comments in recent weeks, suggesting that the president-elect and Vice President-elect JD Vance will soon be “running the Senate” — that’s not how separation of powers works in the United States — and claiming that it’s not up to senators to “determine” whether Trump’s Cabinet nominees have merit.
But he keeps making matters worse.
In this latest instance, the Alabaman began by telling CNN’s Manu Raju he disapproved of Republican senators who presume to be “a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump.” This was an odd thing to say, given that Trump has already effectively admitted that he and his team are not, at least in some instances, bothering to vet personnel for key positions at all......
Now that the football coach–turned–politician has several years of experience on Capitol Hill under his belt, is there any chance he’s better familiarized himself with the basics of constitutional law? Evidently not. The New Republic noted:
Tuberville told reporters from CNN Wednesday that the Senate didn’t need to complete the vetting processes for Cabinet confirmations because Trump already did such a great job of that ... Tuberville went so far as to suggest that Democrats who were merely doing their research were actually attacking nominees.
There’s been plenty of bizarre rhetoric from GOP lawmakers over the last month about Donald Trump, his personnel announcements and Congress’ responsibilities. Indeed, Tuberville himself has made head-spinning comments in recent weeks, suggesting that the president-elect and Vice President-elect JD Vance will soon be “running the Senate” — that’s not how separation of powers works in the United States — and claiming that it’s not up to senators to “determine” whether Trump’s Cabinet nominees have merit.
But he keeps making matters worse.
In this latest instance, the Alabaman began by telling CNN’s Manu Raju he disapproved of Republican senators who presume to be “a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump.” This was an odd thing to say, given that Trump has already effectively admitted that he and his team are not, at least in some instances, bothering to vet personnel for key positions at all.
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Ron Johnson and Marsha Blackburn were bad
but this guy plumbs new depths.
How Russ Feingold lost to him twice is
beyond me. Not to mention Mandela
Barnes.
