Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings **live commentary thread**

[Devout Centrist]

Bye Bye Flake, I'll gladly vote you out of office now.

[RI]

Well, looks like we'll be chucking a grenade at public education and falling even further behind. Thanks, Congressional Republican schmucks! Thanks, Trump voters!

Public education could use a grenade chucked their way, but I'm not sure this is the way to go.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Fcking shtty country this is.

[ajc0918]

I expect Heller and Flake to get a lot of backlash for their votes.

[The Other Castro]

These Senators that voted aye have disgraced their office.

[Devout Centrist]

I expect Heller and Flake to get a lot of backlash for their votes.

It was a mistake for me to ever think these idiots ever had anything close to a backbone. I won't forget this.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

My previous endorsements of Senators Heller and Flake are revoked.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

[Maxwell]

well, come on folks, did you really expect Senate Republicans circa 2017 to have a spine?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Oh yeah, and Garder's fcking gone in 2020.

[Gass3268]

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[Xing]

well, come on folks, did you really expect Senate Republicans circa 2017 to have a spine?

No, I expected this, but the horror of the past couple of months just got personal for me.

[Maxwell]

Bold Prediction - zero Republicans cross over to vote against Puzder, Puzder makes it through 52-48.

[Gass3268]

Bold Prediction - zero Republicans cross over to vote against Puzder, Puzder makes it through 52-48.

Better question, will any Republican vote against any of the remaining nominees?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Bold Prediction - zero Republicans cross over to vote against Puzder, Puzder makes it through 52-48.

It really doesn't matter if there are crossovers now.  Today's vote shows that fifty Republicans are cowards who will happily vote in lockstep with their Fuhrer regardless of how unwise it is, and that's all that's needed.

[Horus]

Bold Prediction - zero Republicans cross over to vote against Puzder, Puzder makes it through 52-48.

Better question, will any Republican vote against any of the remaining nominees?

Doubt it. Before the confirmations started I predicted they'd all get through, and I see no reason for that to change now.

[Maxwell]

McConnell might let one or two go every confirmation just for the lolz. Credit where credit is due, the guy has a firm control of his god damn caucus.

[Gass3268]

McConnell might let one or two go every confirmation just for the lolz. Credit where credit is due, the guy has a firm control of his god damn caucus.

Collins flat out said that she would have voted for DeVos if necessary.

[Xing]

Bold Prediction - zero Republicans cross over to vote against Puzder, Puzder makes it through 52-48.

Better question, will any Republican vote against any of the remaining nominees?

Better question yet, will any of the 50 cowards ever oppose Trump in any meaningful way? (i.e. not just talk it abstractly, a la "maaaaaaaaybe I'll have to vote against Tillerson ")

[Mr. Morden]

Bold Prediction - zero Republicans cross over to vote against Puzder, Puzder makes it through 52-48.

Better question, will any Republican vote against any of the remaining nominees?

Possibly not for the remaining Cabinet level appointments.  Paul might vote against some of the deputies in foreign policy areas, like State and Defense.  He's already urging Trump not to pick Elliott Abrams for the #2 job at State.

[krazen1211]

Trump wins again!

[Maxwell]

McConnell might let one or two go every confirmation just for the lolz. Credit where credit is due, the guy has a firm control of his god damn caucus.

Collins flat out said that she would have voted for DeVos if necessary.

rofl lmao "moderate" susan collins.

[heatcharger]

NV is D+1 in 20 months. Republicans officially sold out the children of this country.

[SATW]

Good, glad she was confirmed. Democrats engaged in so much damn character assassination on this confirmation hearing. not only on DeVos but on all education advocates who supported charter schools or private vouchers.

[Devout Centrist]

Good, glad she was confirmed. Democrats engaged in so much damn character assassination on this confirmation hearing. not only on DeVos but on all education advocates who supported charter schools or private vouchers.

She's patently an idiot. If anything, vouchers and charter schools will be discredited when she's done.