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    Das Trump-Team warnt die Republikaner, die Entscheidungen des Kabinetts zu unterstützen, andernfalls müssen sie sich einer von Musk finanzierten Vorwahl stellen


    Das Trump-Team warnt die Republikaner, die Entscheidungen des Kabinetts zu unterstützen, andernfalls müssen sie sich einer von Musk finanzierten Vorwahl stellen

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-team-warns-republicans-support-cabinet-picks-face/story?id=116094924

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    2. snvoigt on

      Tell Elon Musk his student visa and immigration application will be investigated

    4. mudpiechicken on

      What is he, some kind of technogangster?

      Also

      >Several senators have said they want the full “process” and vetting of candidates to play out.

      >Sen. Josh Hawley said on Wednesday his intention is to vote for all nominees.

      What kind of timeline are we in where ***Josh Hawley*** of all people is talking sense?

      EDIT: Removed some of the context via the quote, sorry. I meant to convey Hawley actually wanting to vote (albeit “yes”) instead of just agreeing to Trump’s plan to just ram everything through via recess appointments is surprising.

    6. GameGoaliePuppy on

      nothing says ‘democracy’ like billionaires funding primaries, right?

    10. kneeco28 on

      Cause Musk’s support of DeSantis over Trump in the Republican primary was really valuable

    11. Agressive-toothbrush on

      And I thought blackmailing an elected official was a crime…

    12. FridayLevelClue on

      “You better not point out my cabinet picks are dangerously unqualified.”

      -Trump

    13. Life-Celebration-747 on

      Blackmailing his own party, it’s not even surprising. 

    15. Basis_404_ on

      This isn’t the threat it used to be.

      MAGA has been primary challenging non MAGA Republicans for eight years already.

      Everyone susceptible to it is already gone

      Also, only 4 R’s need to take the public heat for opposing someone. The senate leadership ballot coming back with only 12 of 52 votes for MAGA Rick Scott tells you what Senate Republicans think.

      Once there are 4 senators in public opposition to a nominee the rest will just keep their heads down to avoid any primary blowback.

      In 2 years Trump will have made so many mistakes that being opposed to him may not even be a problem anymore.

    16. Boobookittyfuck636 on

      Wouldn’t it be funny if we tried to get a bill that kept billionaires out of our politics. I feel like we might actually get bipartisan support on that!

    17. WaffleBurger27 on

      And this will apply to all elected republicans who don’t bend to Dear Leader’s will for the next four years, and beyond probably.

      So at last, Donald Trump is King, which he always thought was the presidents real job anyway. And now he has Elon Musks money to back him, because even in this, he isn’t going to use his own. Cheap bastard.

    18. independent_observe on

      The outright corruption is fucking disgusting and very unAmerican.

    20. dbag3o1 on

      Musk is also on his way to influence any European election. Any place that uses Twitter, he can pick the leader.

    21. snoo_spoo on

      So, your control of your party is so fragile that you have to resort to public threats to force compliance? And the big stick you’re waving isn’t your personal pull with voters but campaign funds coming from a billionaire buddy who could dump you tomorrow? For “the most powerful man in the world”, you sure look a lot like a despised puppet.

    22. Soatch on

      Musk bought the presidency. Probably offered x number of billions to be able to call the shots on things that will earn him more billions.

    23. EldritchSlut on

      Would be pretty cool if these losers grew a spine and fought against Trump..

      but even the futures of their children living in a world ravaged by climate change and capitalism couldn’t get them to vote for helping a working class so maybe they should read about what happened to their friends during the French revolution instead.

    24. Asleepingin on

      If this is really what republicans want, and it appears it is, they are not just dragging everyone to the right, but to the extreme right. Dems need to start showing some backbone.

    26. yoppee on

      Literally no Republican is scared of Trump

      They’ve seen all his hand pick politicians just continually lose races

      Mark Robinson being the latest

      Plus they all know Trump is a lame Duck and we are talking about Senators many with reelections 4-6 years out

    28. Tartarus216 on

      There goes the guardrails.

      I’m glad so many people happily gave away their freedom to billionaires because it proves democracy worked.

    29. Thanolus on

      Oh that’s totally normal, definitely not corrupt , very cool. Good job America. You did it. Great success.

    31. CJDistasio on

      I just love that we have one billionaire that wasn’t even a fucking US citizen a decade ago controlling and bankrolling our federal government. Just great.

    32. PassNo8070 on

      So then why don’t all the RINOs threaten to change from R to I and take away their majority. They are going to get primaried anyway, why help him at all.

    34. 99999999999999999901 on

      Sounds like legislative interference. Corruption of branch

    35. brain_overclocked on

      Are there no fiscally conservative Republicans unwilling to bend the knee to mob boss tactics?

    37. indydog5600 on

      But there are a few GOP senators who hate Trump and are not up for reelection until 2029. Murkowski is one of them.

    38. Toadfinger on

      The exact same deal Republicans have had for decades. Just from the fossil fuel industry instead of Musk.

    39. stinky_cheese33 on

      Knowing the current political trends, Republicans are going to lose control of Congress in the coming midterms no matter what Trump does, so why bother listening to him?

    40. RealPersonResponds on

      Yay for Threats! Seriously, this is disgusting. Billionaires buying America. This is going to get ugly.

    41. Varorson on

      This feels like he’s basically confirming that he rigged the voting machines via Musk like what got passed around on social media a week ago…

    42. mandy009 on

      this is how he has taken over the party establishment. the billionaire real estate magnate literally bought off candidates and laundered the entire nationwide party campaign infrastructure through his own coffers even at the state level. we need money out of politics. 

    44. pugrush on

      It’s so weird to have a bunch of KGB lackeys set to run the country in a couple months.

    45. cytherian on

      This is no longer politics. It’s just outright fascism. Trump is the dictator he promised. No, this isn’t the word you want him to keep.

    47. numbskullerykiller on

      Ah, democracy and the constitution at work. Way to go conservative.

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