Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) openly admitted that she and her Republican colleagues were “all afraid” of “retaliation” from President Donald Trump as she criticized what she called “unlawful” executive overreach and sweeping federal cuts.
“We are all afraid”, says one of the literally only people on the planet with the power to actually do something about it.
Seriously. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, YOU FUCKING CHODE.
This whole ordeal can be stopped by about half a dozen Republicans any time they want.
Threaten to leave the party, go independent, and caucus with Democrats to appoint a new House and Senate speaker. It would take, what, 3? Maybe 4 Republicans in each chamber to flip control of Congress. You don’t even have to hold your nose and vote with Democrats on actual funding bills or anything. Just vote with Dems on curtailing Trump’s actions and impeaching the fucking bastard. Even if you can’t get him removed from office because the rest of your party are spineless cowards, you could at least pass bills to do things like reverse these stupid tariffs and actually reclaim power that was granted to you by the Constitution in the first fucking place.
This woman, Rand Paul, and Susan Collins have all spoken up. All they need to do is find one more Republican willing to say “We are willing to caucus with Democrats to elect a new Senate majority leader unless our demands to curtail these damaging Trump tariffs, reclaim Congressional powers, and reverse these destructive policies are met.” That’s it. Same in the house. 3 Republicans in the house willing to stand up and caucus with Democrats to get shit back under control.
But if all you’re going to do is complain about being “afraid” when you’re simultaneously rubber-stamping his entire agenda, then have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up, because you voted for this. And if the rest of us are going to have to suffer because of your cowardice, then we’re going to at least get some entertainment out of it along the way once the leopard starts eating your face.
I have absolutely zero pity for some of the most overpaid, well-protected, resourceful people on the planet when they’re the ones complaining about being afraid. Fuck you. What about the rest of us? You seem to have been perfectly OK with it when it was just the brown people and poors being effected.
“We are all afraid!”, …but we don’t want to lose our privilidge by opposing him.
Fuck you cowardly cunt.
As noted, a small group could end this.
Naw, she is no coward. She is a pro-abortion Republican that voted against Trump. Rather than be her ally you act like a little bitch.
How come this is the first time we’re hearing from her, then?
Bernie Sanders has been out on the trail since January, circling the country telling everyone that Trump is a dangerous criminal. Where was Murkowski at? Not there, that’s for sure. Not running her own version of the same. She backed and approved every single Trump cabinet appointee except for Hegseth.
Forgive me if I’m not impressed.
I am not here to make excuses. She happens to be my representative in Alaska. I am very happy we have her because she is a decent human being in a state that is full of Republican assholes.
It’s interesting you mention why Republicans are so unwilling to consolidate votes, yet the only time in history where they did consolidate votes was to prevent Hunter S Thompson from becoming sheriff of Aspen.
The Christian nationalists would absolutely crucify them, it’s career suicide and they know it.
So what? It’s better for the country.
I’m thinking they are more fearful of their friends and family being murdered.
Lol, the Republicans never cared about what’s best for the country
In a just world, they should feel that capitulating to Trump’s agenda would be actual suicide.
Sadly, it might actually be heading in the exact opposite direction. If they don’t capitulate to him, it may soon be more dangerous than just losing their career.
I hate this timeline
The American citizenry is going to live a lot longer than Fuhrer Trump will and we aren’t about to forget what happened here.
You have way more confidence in the American electorate’s memory than recent history would suggest to anyone. After all Krasnov was re-elected.
Are they so unskilled they couldn’t just go get another job? (I’m not asking you to defend them - just pointing out the absurdity)
Probably not one as cushy, and where they are favored if they just fall in line
We need to be sending “CHODE” T-Shirts to all these people afraid of Trump. Your idea, so get on it 😘
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Of all the people we needed to be brave, it had to be the fucking Republicans. We are truly and utterly fucked.
She’s 67 years old. She’s been in the Senate for over 20 years. She can decide to retire after her current term and they can’t use the threat of a primary against her. It’s her choice to cower in fear and empower the destruction of our democracy. Because she is watching that happen. In the end she’s just another pathetic boomer willing to bow to trump to cling to power.
they can’t use the threat of a primary against her
She lost the 2010 primary during the height of the Tea Party movement, ran a campaign to have people vote for her as a write in candidate, and won as a write in.
In the end, the problem is that her vote doesn’t actually matter this cycle, at least not by itself. In order to flex any muscle she’d need to actually persuade some colleagues to stand up to Trump. At this point she’s more of a Republican Fetterman than a Republican Sinema/Manchin.
Yeah, I’m aware she’s an outlier in that she beat back the crazies once before, but 2010 is not 2024. In 2010 Trump wasn’t a factor. The cult was forming, but there was no messiah yet. If tomorrow trump singled her out for hate like he did Liz Cheney she’d get wrecked instantly, and she knows it.
Alaska is just weird, and I wouldn’t attribute too much in national electoral trends to that specific state. It now has an instant runoff general election after a top-4 jungle primary, which makes the craziest candidates less viable. Sarah Palin is very much a Trumpist, but couldn’t win a statewide election in 2022 (enough Republicans in the state hate her that they voted for Begich first, then flipped to the Democrat or didn’t vote once Begich dropped out in the instant runoff).
It’d be hard to properly analyze a hypothetical about Murkowski running for reelection amidst a Trump attack campaign and an endorsement of a more Trumpist opponent, but I wouldn’t discount her chances even in that environment. Especially if she does succeed in forming a mini caucus with other Republican Senators that fight to preserve legislative power to check the Presidency.
67 year old politicians aspire to cling to power for 20 more years
“We are all afraid,” Murkowski told the crowd on Monday.
Pausing, she added: “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.”
- This, right here, is the most open and honest admission of what the US is today, by the ruling party elite: A dictatorship. An authoritarian state.
Do the fucking job you were elected to do, coward.
They are doing the jobs they were paid to do, by corporate America.
Being ineffectual corporate-whores who capitulate to capital is the core requirement of every politicians job description in the 21st Century. Though, it turns out corruption is incompatible with democracy and the rule of law. Who would have thought?
Fucking cowards.
On one hand, sure. She’s a coward. She’s one of the most privileged people in the US, but she’s afraid. She’s not doing her job because she’s afraid, and that’s just allowing the fascists to win.
On the other hand, at least she’s admitting it. That’s a small step in the right direction. You can’t fix the problem until you acknowledge it exists. Being scared of MAGA is rational, and it would be good if more politicians admitted that they were acting out of fear, not because they believed in what these assholes are doing.
So, if she’s scared, maybe she needs support. The US goes on and on about how the 2nd amendment is about keeping the people free from a tyrannical government. So, be like the Black Panthers. They were probably also scared. They were in a lot of danger, much more so than women or non-straight people today. But, they tried to make the other side scared too.
Do your FUCKING jobs!!! You literally have the power to remove him. ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE HIM!!! YOU HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES ALREADY!!!
If only we had a body of elected representatives that were able to do something about the situation…
Chris Van Hollen travelled to a dictatorship to free a man wrongfully imprisoned without due process by two authoritarians, while these simpering cowards whine about the monster they created.
You and your colleagues could actually stop him instead of lining up to defend/allow his fascist actions.
It’s better if we just blame the Democrats.
As bad as things are, it’s cathartic to watch the old guard, bourbon sipping Republican party that originally weaponized misinformation to further the agenda of big corpo (faux news since they existed: “Herp derp climate change is a hoax for scientists to sell books”) realize that though their long in motion coup worked, they lost control of it in 2015 when King confidence scheme scam artist stole their grift out from under them by saying the dogwhistles they used to string their racist base along out loud with a dumb little dance.
Its not helpful, but knowing Mitch McConnell and John Roberts know they sold out their entire society’s future not even for their benefit or the benefit of the right small room of classy old money bigots, but for some crass asshole that’s as belligerent and willfully ignorant as their sucker voting base to take the reigns of post democracy machiavelian power they so carefully curated since the 70s as they watch powerlessly, and IN FEAR no less?
Poetry.
🎻🎻🎻
It would be a lot more enjoyable if we were not the pawns being pushed forward by the mad king.
You chose this. Purged everything that wasn’t MAGA so that all that was left was hate. Dont be a bitch now. All those GOP motherfuckers were straight creaming on election night. Lie in your nut stained beds.
But we’re all being smothered in their nut stained beds, brother. For them to lie in their beds would be to accept retaliation of their party and fight back, not to take it. They deserve the flak but are seemingly not brave enough to save us all.
Nobody will save us but ourselves. Dont let that leave your head during all of this. The charge to.lead the people will only come from the people. The military isnt tagging in, politicians are still talking about elections, nobody is doing anything until the first American burns a heritage foundation office and then doesnt stop.
I’m ready for the general strike. That’s our power.
Clearly they are not yet NEARLY afraid enough about the path they’re allowing the Trump admin to take.
Oh no, you might get primaried?
They’re terrified that if they get primaried, they will no longer be in a position where they can mostly avoid the impact of trump’s petulance.
You know, like the common people
Spineless traitor. She has a crucial vote and ability to impeach trump and says this shit. Lady if you dont grow a spine you’re gonna burn either way.
Holy fucking christ.
reach into your purse and find your balls, you servile fucks
I remember when my politicians had, yknow., a fucking spine and principles. Yes. Im that old.
Didn’t think there were any Revolutionary War Veterans left alive…
It’s not the trump organisation, it’s the republican party, and by not doing anything, you’re supporting them, and saving your own ass in the case the republican party fails.
Keep up the good work propelling fascist imperialism forward
