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(20,202 posts)No one else matters.
Wiz Imp
(11,084 posts)The more outlandish things he says or the more outrageous lies he tells could convince some to vote against him
sop
(20,202 posts)All his nominees understand that. And Republicans know Trump will primary anyone who doesn't support Blanche's confirmation; Cassidy, Cornyn and others learned that lesson. Whether those implied threats will be enough to get Blanche confirmed, given all the illegal and crazy shit he's done as Acting AG, is another matter.
Wiz Imp
(11,084 posts)dem4decades
(14,780 posts)superpatriotman
(6,892 posts)And deepening by the second
malaise
(300,250 posts)He said it
a kennedy
(36,927 posts)🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬
RoeVWade
(989 posts)He won't say, not even in third person.
Emile
(44,388 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,778 posts)karynnj
(61,298 posts)mentioning confirmation hearing are happening for the man who gave Maxwell, the only Epstein accomplish in prison, unusual improvements in where she is imprisoned. You might need just one ad done well enough to go viral now ... showing there will be a cost for voting Yes.
We all know they fear the cost of voting no and angering Trump. This could balance it. If enough Senators tell Trump they have to vote no, he might pull it.