MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday went to city on Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who’s singlehandedly blocking tons of of army promotions from advancing within the Senate in protest of Pentagon abortion insurance policies.
“The Final Phrase” host slammed Tuberville’s “senseless cruelty” which, he defined, is stopping army households from receiving pay raises that will include the delayed promotions.
Tuberville is the “most disgraceful senator of the yr” and “extensively regarded within the Senate as probably the stupidest senator,” O’Donnell claimed.
“And there’s lots of competitors for disgraceful in the US Senate, the place the Republican aisle is occupied by the very worst assortment of senators because the final segregationist left the constructing, he acknowledged.
Tuberville “lives and breathes cruelty with out feeling a factor,” O’Donnell stated.
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O’Donnell’s feedback got here as Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) moved to pressure a vote on Gen. CQ Brown, who on Wednesday was confirmed as the subsequent chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees.
Gen. Mark Milley retires from the function on Oct. 1.
The method of selling greater than 300 different nominees stays stalled, although.
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