RedditsuxApr 17, 2025

‘We Are All Afraid’: Republican Senator Admits Colleagues Are Terrified of Being Punished for Criticizing Trump

https://lemmy.world/post/28354063

‘We Are All Afraid’: Republican Senator Admits Colleagues Are Terrified of Being Punished for Criticizing Trump - Lemmy.World

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) openly admitted that she and her Republican colleagues were “all afraid” of “retaliation” from President Donald Trump as she criticized what she called “unlawful” executive overreach and sweeping federal cuts.

Show threadFauxLivingApr 17, 2025

“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

You took an oath. Being afraid isn’t an excuse.

We expect 19 year old soldiers to run into fire and destruction to honor their oaths. We expect no less from our elected representatives.

Show threadPattyMcBApr 17, 2025
I took that oath at 18.
Show threadMaeveApr 17, 2025
Reading these headlines me think and feel that military service should be a prereq for US Congressional/presidential office.
Show threadGeeDubHayduke
Substitute “military service” with “minimum wage customer service,” and you’re onto something.
Apr 17, 2025 at 9:10pmWeb
Show threadIonAddisApr 17, 2025
Why not both?
Show threadGeeDubHaydukeApr 17, 2025
The only thing i want less than MTG, is MTG with military training.
Show threadTronBronsonApr 18, 2025
The whole point of bootcamp is to break you of that ego, get your brain trained in unit cohesion. Margerine really needed to spend some time working as a team with other human beings on a level playing field.
Show threadGeeDubHaydukeApr 18, 2025
Neanderthal Barbie would just fuck whoever got her out of PT, while claiming all the other recruits were lazy.
Show threadTronBronsonApr 18, 2025
Well, fortunately for all of us, we can just skip the life lessons part and send her straight to an El Salvadorian prison, before closing up that little loophole. Won’t be long till the pendulum swings away from these crazies.