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.
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.
The next 4(?) years:
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.
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
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.
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.
As shit as Roberts’ SCOTUS is, I don’t think even they’d go that far. Their entire argument hinges on one phrase from Article Two:
he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper;
Supposedly as long as neither the House nor the Senate alter their scheduled appointment dates this clause can’t be invoked.
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.
Why would Moscow Mitch have an issue with that?
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.
I’ll be more stunned if McConnell or other Republicans don’t cave and just go along with it.
We live in a world where we’re looking for Mitch McConnell to do the right thing? Oh yeah, we’re absolutely fucked.
Polymath probably taking bets on how long McConnell has left before suicide by defenestration+2 bullets to the back of the head
Good ol’ St. Petersburg Suicide
I call bullshit.
Either I see a challenge to a runaway Trump, or I see the death cry of McConnell’s political career destroyed by Trump psychopaths.
Silver linings.
Checks and balances are working.
LOL let’s see something actually get blocked before we conclude that. This is merely a delay.
We already did - McConnell blocked Trump’s pick for the next senate majority leader last week.
McConnell is leaving office and very soon will be irrelevant. Sure, it’s great that something was blocked before he’s in office, but it doesn’t tell us anything about what will happen after.
Yes, which is why he put someone loyal to himself in charge of the senate. Someone who criticized Trump for Jan 6.
Ok ok I’ll acknowledge that you are right. It doesn’t feel like much of a check when gestures around but I’ll grant that you are the best kind of correct.
