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submitted 11 months ago by Snorf@reddthat.com to c/usa@lemmy.ml

Pentagon officials have been frustrated for months over an Alabama senator’s blockade of more than 300 senior military nominations. But after the Marine Corps chief was hospitalized over the weekend, that frustration is turning into rage.

Gen. Eric Smith had been filling both the No. 1 and No. 2 Marine Corps posts from July until he was finally confirmed as commandant in September. He, along with more than 300 other senior officers, was swept up in the promotions blockade put in place by GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville in protest of the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy.

In an interview Wednesday, Tuberville brushed off the comments from the DOD officials.

“They’re looking for someone to blame it on, other than themselves,” he said. “We could have all these people confirmed if they’d have just gone by the Constitution.

“I don’t listen to these people,” he added. “They’re just looking for any possible way to get themselves out of a jam.”

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[-] trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 11 months ago

Everything about how the US government functions is based entirely on the idea that everyone acts in good faith.

No. Duties and authority are divided up between the three branches of government to prevent an individual acting in bad fath from bringing everything down.

There is no real mechanism for dealing with those who abuse the system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress

[-] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

LOL you apparently haven't paid attention to the last 30 years or so.

[-] trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 11 months ago

When Bill Clinton got elected?

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