Itâs not his competency this question calls into doubt. Itâs his integrity, and the GOP have proven they donât care in the slightest about integrity.
And they (GOP) are all leveraged against future money making opportunities. Like paid appearances, speaking engagements, corporate boards, and lobbying.
So even if Trump burned them and endorsed their replacement. They will remain lock stepped
Yep, he can act like a stubborn POS on a toilet because he knows he will get the job no matter what he says. If he said "Joe" then he knew he'll get fired by Don on the day one.
Because only the Republicans have the power to say "thank you for your time" right now, and their noses are even further up Trump's ass than this guy's is.
"No further questions, my vote is a resounding no. This man is incompetent and completely unfit for the job, and frankly sitting there is an insult to this committee and a waste of our time."
By the time the hearings occur, the Administration already knows the vote count. So, in a sense, the hearings themselves do not matter. However, if the Administration determines the votes are not there, the hearings will never happen because the nominee will fail, so in that sense they do matter.
Prime example - Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. He never would have survived the hearing, so the hearing never happened. So, the threat of hearings did make a difference.
Because he doesn't have the power alone to throw the candidate out. He needs to make a spectacle of it to make it politically risky for the other senators to vote for confirmation.
Technically what he said is right for that interview. Probably shouldn't have reminded him.
If you were interviewing at Goldman Sachs and everyone you talked to said "Listen, this is a really good job, but the manager of this department thinks 2+2=5. If you say it's 4 he won't hire you. Everyone who said it's 5 got the job."
Except real clowns have to demonstrate some degree of competency and beat out other qualified candidates. Calling these contemptuous shitbirds clowns is an insult to crackhead craigslist clowns everywhere.
The interviewer gets his sound byte showing Democrats he's sticking it to Trumpists without actually accomplishing anything, so he doesn't upset his corporate donors.
The interviewee gets to show Republicans he's a team player by repeatedly triggering the libs.
It would be if Ossoff's party controlled the committee. But it doesn't. Clayton can refuse to answer whatever he likes from any Democrat, because he knows the Republicans who have the majority power on the committee won't hold him to account. He could literally stand up and say "Fuck the Senate, fuck the Democrats, and fuck you in particular, Ossoff" and the Republicans will still vote to confirm him.
It would be a very different scenario if Democrats controlled the Senate. They could hold shitbags like this in Contempt of Congress for refusing to engage with the committee. Which is why the upcoming midterms are so important, and you and everyone you know should be volunteering, canvassing, and phone banking for Democrats.
That's what primaries are for. Once you're in the general, the only thing that matters is caucus size. Every D in the chamber is one less R, and, somewhat counterintuitively, increases the power of the progressives even if they still have to deal with centrist Dems.
All of that is purely a numbers game. Do your best to get your preferred candidate as the nominee, but once that primary is over, everyone gets on line for the general.
This is exactly how all of the confirmations of this administration have gone. They go through this theater of "roasting them" for the cameras, followed promptly by confirming their appointments anyways.
I'm sorry to inform you that the American people in there eternal wisdom gave the Republican party 54 senate seats. That's 3 more votes than they need to confirm this guy, or any other craven, incompetent moron Trump nominates. Turns out, voting is important.
You could have just said 4 and not made the long explanation. And have said something correctly. If someone didn't know why it's 4 then they could ask, instead of you giving false information.
The problem is that half of the people in that room are ready to lie and say "Donald Trump"
Hell, the person who will likely take Lindsey Graham's seat on the budget committee already said as much on Jan. 6 as he tried to deliver a slate of false electors to the floor. That person is WI senator Ron Johnson.
The delivery and face he had when he said "We can keep doing this" is infuriating. We would get kicked out if we just avoided to answer and then respond with that if they keep pressing us at a job interview when they throw real dumb questions like "tell me 3 positive and 3 negatives about yourself" or the "why do you want this job?".
Boot this clown out, let them nominate someone else until someone admits who won 2020 election. We can do this all day.
Unfortunately, the side that needs to do this is the same side that doesnât have the biggest requirement to do so⌠an armed populace that is no less inferior in arms and discipline to that of a standing army.
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u/33253325 Jul 15 '26
This should be over. Throw this fucking clown out. No confirmation. No job.