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Summary

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell reportedly warned that there will be no recess appointments, directly opposing Donald Trump’s plan to bypass Senate confirmation for controversial cabinet nominees, including Matt Gaetz.

Gaetz has faced allegations of drug use and sexual misconduct.

McConnell’s stance sparked widespread discussion about a looming constitutional showdown.

Critics argue recess appointments could undermine Senate authority and pose national security risks.

Observers question McConnell’s influence, noting potential leadership changes, while others see this as a critical test of Senate integrity against Trump-aligned Republicans.

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[-] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 41 points 10 hours ago

If McConnell is saying this then I believe he’s planning on retiring VERY soon. Republicans o Lt grow a spine when their walking out the door.

[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

I call bullshit.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 265 points 16 hours ago

Just a reminder that Mitch McConnell could have prevented this not once but twice.

Good luck (seriously) trying to keep the monster you created and continuously enabled under control. I also hate that I'm implicitly rooting for McConnell here.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 80 points 15 hours ago

Don't worry, Trump now will see him as The Enemy and use everything at his disposal against him.

McConnell just might be the first one to draw the ire this term.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 68 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Don't worry, Trump now will see him as The Enemy and use everything at his disposal against him.

I mean, probably. Unfortunately, McConnell's actually right for once. Whether he's right for the right reasons is irrelevant at the moment.

[-] Xanis@lemmy.world 25 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The enemy of my enemy.

We can agree with him and root for him. Just keep in mind who he is and what he's done. Don't allow a short memory to curb that perspective.

In the meantime, while the monsters fight we should be collectively working to shore up things in our communities. I'm working on mine.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

We're still pissing on his grave.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 10 hours ago

Accidentally right is still right!

[-] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Any chance McConnell will fall out a window in the near future?

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago

When the worst guy starts fighting a twice as worst guy, you have a relative good guy to root for.

[-] TrippaSnippa@lemm.ee 8 points 10 hours ago

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but I want to see the former hurt the latter first.

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

This enemy of my enemy is not my friend, the moment is merely a temporary truce for the greater good.

Just thinking back to how easy it would have been to never have Trump in our lives again, to get off this worst timeline, if just a handful of people had a tiny bit of courage at the impeachment trials.

Maybe they all thought he was cooked and they could once again forget about doing the right thing one more time, to endear themselves to his rabid supporters. It's dizzying to think they could have protected the Constitution with a single word, and failed to do even that.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago

Stop depressing me with a historically accurate recounting of events that happened.

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

The impeachment vote shouldn't have been a public ballot. If it had been private I have little to no doubt he'd have been gone the secondtime, possibly the first. Pence was middling but he knows the game.

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[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 21 points 15 hours ago

The good news is in party fighting is s good sign that they won't be able to consolidate power as quickly or completely as they wanted to. The bad news is, they now know who to come for on the night of long knives.

[-] jaxxed@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

There is consensus that the current nominations for cabinet are heavily oriented to separating the disloyaistlls in order to define targets. McTurtle in his prime was a competitor, but I imagine it will be easy to move against him these days

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

Bad people can do good things sometimes, and you should never interrupt or shame them for doing it. Many people on the internet forget that.

[-] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 6 hours ago

No one is entirely good or entirely evil.

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[-] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

Polymath probably taking bets on how long McConnell has left before suicide by defenestration+2 bullets to the back of the head

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 4 points 9 hours ago

I'm sure people with opinions become more clumsy under dictators. Mitch will probably fall out a window.

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Well, at least McTurtle can hope his lack of a backbone to break will save him.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Good ol’ St. Petersburg Suicide

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 67 points 15 hours ago
[-] whithom@discuss.online 9 points 14 hours ago

Please tell me Trump isn’t Bugs.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 23 points 14 hours ago

My take is Bugs is the embodiment of society as a whole, but since Trump is bigger and heavier than Sam, the edge of the cliff will break off and we all go off the edge together.

[-] whithom@discuss.online 7 points 14 hours ago

Oh, yes. This makes sense.

[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 14 hours ago

Also McConnell: Votes to confirm

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 hours ago

He likes to be in the same room and watch while we all get fucked.

[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 31 points 14 hours ago

Fair chance that this has more to do with Gabbard than Gaetz. She's close with Russian state media and was put in change of US Intelligence. Obviously a Trojan horse.

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago

Why would Moscow Mitch have an issue with that?

[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

Mitchell has more loyalty to American oligarchs than Russian ones. The lines are blurry because billionaires are multinational, and once a Russian spends money in his state, they become an American oligarch to him. Similar to Chinese oligarchs like his father in law.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 45 points 15 hours ago

The Senate can't turn down too many Trump appointees until they are looked on as an obstruction to their own party. So, you'll definitely lose Gaetz, but Trump has flooded the zone with incompetence.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 26 points 15 hours ago

Donnie boy is always testing the waters, testing the limits. It's an extreme version of what the GOPers have been doing for years. Ask for a 150% of what's reasonable, and then act all butt hurt when they only get 125%. We've seen this game before. There's nothing new coming out of the "grand" Old party. smh.

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Yup, Gaetz and (if the GOP does the minimum of trying to protect this country) Gabbard are the sacrificial lambs to get through Hegseth, RFK and already too many others to count.

[-] Catma@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

I am starting to believe the theory Trump is putting up the worst possible people so when one gets rejected he can try to force Congress to adjourn and then appoint whomever he wants which will be 100% worse.

Not that Trump thought of this but someone, Miller, is pulling the strings

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Senators are very different in many ways. They are very powerful, and feel a responsibility to their position for the most part. That includes advise and consent, part of the Constitution. It takes just as many Republican votes to call a recess as to confirm a nominee. Don't forget, also, that until DeWine and DeSantis do their bit, they will be two votes short.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

It's negotiating 101. Open with the hoop dream so the next option isn't near as bad. If you get your first option, you win, and if you get the second option, you win a little less.

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[-] Nougat@fedia.io 33 points 15 hours ago

"Donald, it has to at least look like we gave you some oversight."

[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 8 points 13 hours ago

Right? McConnel has kinda always been the GOP's fall guy in the senate. The one who takes all the heat for unpopular shit, when the entire party is actually on board. Donny probably just didn't get the memo.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 13 hours ago

He got the memo, but he ate it before anyone was able to read it to him.

[-] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

This is the answer, its not like that turtle has a spine

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago

I'll be more stunned if McConnel or other Republicans don't cave and just go along with it.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago

We live in a world where we're looking for Mitch McConnell to do the right thing? Oh yeah, we're absolutely fucked.

[-] NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 15 hours ago

This will mean nothing since McConnell is retiring or has retired already.

Yeah, republicans often find even a microscopic backbone once they no longer are running for reelection. In this case, it probably will be "I said no for a few weeks before I said yes."

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