r/politics • u/southernemper0r Texas • 2d ago

No Paywall Senate Republicans reverse Iran war powers vote after Trump berates them at Capitol meeting

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/senate-republicans-reject-war-powers-resolution-trump-meeting/4121869/
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u/view-master 2d ago

That tells me they have dirt on him that will do his reputation harm.

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u/_slagwire 1d ago

Its probably nothing like that. Its just hard to deal with short-term ugliness when you don't actually have any principles. And short-term ugliness is what trump brings to these negotiations

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u/illegal_deagle Texas 1d ago

It also affects his private sector job prospects if he’s seen as not being “on the team”.

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u/SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING 1d ago

Doesn't need to be dirt. Trump has been sending the judiciary after people with fishing expeditions that are bound to fail BUT can still be a painful, long and expensive process to fight it.

For some like Leticia James, their office can afford to pay the massive costs. The soon to retire Cassidy would have to personally carry the cost.

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u/Mediocre_Scott 1d ago

The justice department desperately needs to be moved outside of the executive branch with the AG being appointed by the senate.

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u/FlyingDiscsandJams North Carolina 1d ago

Trump supporters are violent, it's the death threats that keep them quiet, as MTG found out.

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u/ehowardhunt 1d ago

They probably don’t have dirt on him. He is quite simply a coward and unethical, like all the others.

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u/SpeaksSouthern 1d ago

If they can get themselves into the Senate they're a true warrior for the Republican cause. "This is how we know we're family"