We are taking a clear-eyed look at some of the less savory members of this regime, who must be held accountable for failing to uphold their oaths of office.
It's great that the Senator now regrets having voted to confirm Rubio as Secretary of State but shouldn't it have been obvious beforehand that all of Trump's nominees are people of no integrity or honor?
99 senators voted for Rubio. He was the one “sound” pick of all Trump’s nominees. He was supposed to be a better because of his experience, knowledge and, yes, values. We should remember this as he turns out to be no better at all.
Rubio is such a traitor. None of us expected anything of Bondi, or Hegseth, or Noem, or Patel. We knew going in that they were incompetent sycophants. Hegseth couldn’t run the DoD no matter how hard he tried. Bondi has no idea what rule of law means. Patel is a twit. Noem is a silly beauty pageant contestant. But Rubio knew better. Rubio could have been a decent Sec’y of State. That Rubio chose to be an ignorant MAGA goon shows his betrayal of decency and principles.
100% agree. I thought exactly the same. I knew the majority were incompetent losers, but Rubio is qualified, experienced, has a good healthy attitude towards Trump and what he's getting in to, and should be able to do a good job; would keep his head on straight. Nope, was I wrong, as we all were. Who would have ever thought that he would have sold out his ethnicity (I know he's Cuban, not Mexican, which he would probably look down on, but nevertheless, c'mon Marco), kiss DT's ass constantly, lie just about everything, etc etc. He has ruined his career and his integrity, if he has any left. Not sure why he thought this choice was a good one; why he left the Congress. Guess he wanted to be VP, but that wasn't going to happen, as Trump, in his quiet hours, hates Marco, and they're both from FL, AND Trump could not have totally controlled him. My God, if he was tiring of the Congress, leave politics, start a foundation, and do some good in the world. Being a corrupt, lying secy of state is not that.
I don't agree. Rubio betrayed conservatives the minute he became a maga fan, about two minutes after the orange felon belittled him and all his co-debaters (Ted Cruz's ugly wife, etc) in the 2016 republicon debate
Little Marco was savaged by the convicted felon during the 2016 campaign! What legislation had he championed in the Senate! A poser ! When trump nominated him I knew he lacked the integrity to become a fine diplomat! A lap dog from the beginning!
I agree totally. He wasn't the only one to make an about face after being humiliated by T in 2016, but he jumped in with both feet after checking the direction of the wind and the prospects for his future. I see him as being much like Vance--who I've viewed as significantly more dangerous in the past. But these days they are running neck and neck at times--maybe all the time.
I'm from FL and have watched Rubio since he was a young shining star in the GOP. I've always seen him as opportunistic, and finally his true colors have been displayed fully. No backbone--self-serving but able until now to hide his true self.
Any Democratic senator who voted for any of the orange felon's nominees should be seriously ashamed of her/himself.
Yesterday, I read elsewhere that during this same senate hearing little Marco was questioned on the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, he did exactly what Senator van Hollen and several reporters and others predicted at the time, when the Salvadorans put a full glass of Margarita in front of van Hollen and a less than full glass of the same in front of Kilmar. Although neither one of the two drank any of the Margaritas, little Marco lied in front of the Senate committee questioning him, that D=Senator van Hollen and Kilmar drank Margaritas together. Little Marco's nose is planted firmly in the orange felon's rear end.
Something else I just noticed while looking for Kilmar's full name on DuckDuckGo: the very first item shown is by the Department of Homeland Security with the headline, "Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an MS-13 Gang member with a History of Violence." For shame DuckDuckGo. I will be writing to them and if they don't remove that from the top, I will be looking for another search engine.,
No. They had worked with the guy in the Senate. They didn't expect him to be such a turncoat. They really did expect him to be the adult in the room. Rubio got 100% approval, so stop trying to blame the minority party that is doing everything they can with limited, very limited resources.
The senate is composed of wanna be princes and the princess from Maine! They have this phony senate demeanor toward each other! Work with each other? Feed at the taxpayers trough with nearly lifetime paychecks!
Not my senators. Speak for yourself. If you don't like your senators? Vote them out. That's what ballot boxes are for. Vote them out. My senators? They do a very good job. I don't always agree with them, but they represent their constituents and more broadly, the people of the United States.
Unless you saw a different picture than I saw, those glasses were full of water, not margaritas. Margaritas are slightly cloudy in color from the fruit juice and have salt around the rim of the glass.
They looked watery to me, also, but everyone present said they were Margaritas and they did have limes. The important thing that neither the Senator nor Kilmar even touched those glasses. In hindsight, they should have probably swept those glasses off the table so as to leave no one in doubt.
Any legislator who thought "lil'" Marco was the *one* qualified trump cabinet nominee, rather than a smarmy, ethically challenged weasel (apologies to weasels), has not been paying attention and should be drummed out of the corps.
Marco Rubio just offered more examples of the shameful attitudes and behavior of the mendacious, hypocritical, disgraceful coven of Trump sycophants. I am more ashamed daily of my fellow countrymen who have allowed themselves to be sucked into this obvious autocratic scheme.
It is difficult to determine whom among the Cabinet members is doing the most damage: I vote for Pam Bondi, with a slight edge over Hegseth, Rubio, Noem, Gabbard, and RFK.. The rest of the billionaires are just greedy. Those people are sadistic.
Bondi is the biggest betrayer of her office. Instead of running a Justice Department, she is running a criminal organization. She not only defends the criminal behavior of Trump and his administration, she scoffs at courts, disregards laws, disdains the Constitution, and now shamelessly tries to persecute judges, congresswomen, and anyone who is even thinking about criticizing Trump. She has modeled herself after Heimlich Himmler, and she is getting there.
Hands down, it's Bondi. She is one of the few cabinet members who should know better: a former prosecutor, a former state AG, she should know Constitutional limits and requirements, and certainly national law, but she slavishly defends Trump's illegal activities, ignores Constitutional law, persecutes and fires her own staff, because they don't kiss Donnie's ass, and goes after Federal judges like a pit bull. She's a snake, the human kind. She got the job, same as Karoline what's her name: they appeared/worked at Fox. Noem is just plain stupid. She belongs back in SD, wreaking havoc there, cheating on her husband, killing dogs. She has absolutely no place or knowledge in Homeland. Hegseth is a friggin' drunkin' idiot who should have stayed at Fox, where he fit right in. RFK? Absolutely nuts. Brains fried, no conscience, just a loser. Gabbard was qualified for the job perhaps, but a hypocrite in changing parties at the last minute, kissing up, appearing on Fox, etc. Patel? A sycophant only. No significant professional competence that I am aware of to head the FBI. And Rubio? Lost his way, big time.
She “should know” yet she abetted the convicted felon who lost 60 trials claiming voter fraud in 2020! Like the maga SCOTUS she has her own version of the laws and she found her sugar daddy in the awful, immoral convicted felon!
I have to disagree. The courts will, in most cases, keep her from doing much (and maybe Trump will fire her for being ineffective?). But RFK is going to get people killed.
The competition is strong. Noem is killing people by deporting them to strand and difficult places. Rubio has overseen the deaths of thousands all over the world.
I think the thing that is so striking and disheartening is that with this, with other Trump cabinet members, they simply do not care. Rubio, yes, is particularly striking and frankly, he was the only one even remotely qualified for the position he now holds. He no longer cares about Americans, about America or about decency. So while it is somewhat helpful to see Congress members stating the horrible truths to Rubio and others, I don't think the Trump cronies are even remotely moved. They do not appear to be redeemable or salvageable in terms of moving them to a place where they again each have a conscience,, awareness of what it means to be a real American or a sense of accountability.
He deserves that treatment. He’s lying like the best of them. Shameful. If he was competent, Trump never would have appointed him! Interesting that his parents are Cuban refugees— not aliens but immigrants seeking asylum. That’s what they all want.
Van Hollen's full five minutes and Rubio's response are worth watching. Van Hollen makes clear that Marco has destroyed any credibility he ever had with his 180° shift.
I think it's an excellent pivot to stop constant trumping about trump and instead concentrate on his Cabinet and policies. We recently heard about Noem and Gabbard. Keep on trucking.
I'm amazed that the senators were actually able to remain mostly respectful, even though they were clearly telling him he was NO secretary of state. It certainly wasn't returned at all and isn't from the fella who's in the White House.
A "new issue" for South Africa? And what kept L'il Marco from knowing about his country when he was in 9th grade? That is a pitiful excuse. And so is his claim he didn't know anything about the total abuse of power Donnie-2-Dolls is using to be totally corrupt. It's been in how many papers and social media outlets for HOW LONG now?
In what non-universe do you live, L'il Marco, and how can you POSSIBLY try to claim that, as ignorant of the goings on of the world, as you've just proved yourself to be, you should remain in the position of secretary of state, when you are clearly so unfit?
Just a bit of background in that wonderful game so familiar when dealing with the republican slug a beds aka MAGA. Slam door after you slither through, never give others an even break.
Rubio's maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, immigrated to the U.S. legally in 1956, but returned to Cuba to find work in 1959. When in 1962 he fled communist Cuba and returned to the U.S. without a visa, he was detained as an undocumented immigrant and an immigration judge ordered him to be deported. But immigration officials reversed their decision later that day, and the deportation order was not enforced.
How soon we forget our own heritage. The man makes my skin crawl. Good looks are really all he has going for him. Brains must have gone to other members of his family.
His snarky little comeback to the senator who regretted voting for him is what I would expect from a 6th grade boy caught openly cheating.
It's great that the Senator now regrets having voted to confirm Rubio as Secretary of State but shouldn't it have been obvious beforehand that all of Trump's nominees are people of no integrity or honor?
99 senators voted for Rubio. He was the one “sound” pick of all Trump’s nominees. He was supposed to be a better because of his experience, knowledge and, yes, values. We should remember this as he turns out to be no better at all.
Or ability?
Yep
Rubio is such a traitor. None of us expected anything of Bondi, or Hegseth, or Noem, or Patel. We knew going in that they were incompetent sycophants. Hegseth couldn’t run the DoD no matter how hard he tried. Bondi has no idea what rule of law means. Patel is a twit. Noem is a silly beauty pageant contestant. But Rubio knew better. Rubio could have been a decent Sec’y of State. That Rubio chose to be an ignorant MAGA goon shows his betrayal of decency and principles.
100% agree. I thought exactly the same. I knew the majority were incompetent losers, but Rubio is qualified, experienced, has a good healthy attitude towards Trump and what he's getting in to, and should be able to do a good job; would keep his head on straight. Nope, was I wrong, as we all were. Who would have ever thought that he would have sold out his ethnicity (I know he's Cuban, not Mexican, which he would probably look down on, but nevertheless, c'mon Marco), kiss DT's ass constantly, lie just about everything, etc etc. He has ruined his career and his integrity, if he has any left. Not sure why he thought this choice was a good one; why he left the Congress. Guess he wanted to be VP, but that wasn't going to happen, as Trump, in his quiet hours, hates Marco, and they're both from FL, AND Trump could not have totally controlled him. My God, if he was tiring of the Congress, leave politics, start a foundation, and do some good in the world. Being a corrupt, lying secy of state is not that.
I think he lost his integrity the moment he agreed to become part of Trump's cabinet. But then, I don't know how much integrity he ever had.
I don't agree. Rubio betrayed conservatives the minute he became a maga fan, about two minutes after the orange felon belittled him and all his co-debaters (Ted Cruz's ugly wife, etc) in the 2016 republicon debate
Little Marco was savaged by the convicted felon during the 2016 campaign! What legislation had he championed in the Senate! A poser ! When trump nominated him I knew he lacked the integrity to become a fine diplomat! A lap dog from the beginning!
I agree totally. He wasn't the only one to make an about face after being humiliated by T in 2016, but he jumped in with both feet after checking the direction of the wind and the prospects for his future. I see him as being much like Vance--who I've viewed as significantly more dangerous in the past. But these days they are running neck and neck at times--maybe all the time.
I'm from FL and have watched Rubio since he was a young shining star in the GOP. I've always seen him as opportunistic, and finally his true colors have been displayed fully. No backbone--self-serving but able until now to hide his true self.
Any Democratic senator who voted for any of the orange felon's nominees should be seriously ashamed of her/himself.
Yesterday, I read elsewhere that during this same senate hearing little Marco was questioned on the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, he did exactly what Senator van Hollen and several reporters and others predicted at the time, when the Salvadorans put a full glass of Margarita in front of van Hollen and a less than full glass of the same in front of Kilmar. Although neither one of the two drank any of the Margaritas, little Marco lied in front of the Senate committee questioning him, that D=Senator van Hollen and Kilmar drank Margaritas together. Little Marco's nose is planted firmly in the orange felon's rear end.
Something else I just noticed while looking for Kilmar's full name on DuckDuckGo: the very first item shown is by the Department of Homeland Security with the headline, "Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an MS-13 Gang member with a History of Violence." For shame DuckDuckGo. I will be writing to them and if they don't remove that from the top, I will be looking for another search engine.,
No. They had worked with the guy in the Senate. They didn't expect him to be such a turncoat. They really did expect him to be the adult in the room. Rubio got 100% approval, so stop trying to blame the minority party that is doing everything they can with limited, very limited resources.
The senate is composed of wanna be princes and the princess from Maine! They have this phony senate demeanor toward each other! Work with each other? Feed at the taxpayers trough with nearly lifetime paychecks!
Not my senators. Speak for yourself. If you don't like your senators? Vote them out. That's what ballot boxes are for. Vote them out. My senators? They do a very good job. I don't always agree with them, but they represent their constituents and more broadly, the people of the United States.
Unless you saw a different picture than I saw, those glasses were full of water, not margaritas. Margaritas are slightly cloudy in color from the fruit juice and have salt around the rim of the glass.
They looked watery to me, also, but everyone present said they were Margaritas and they did have limes. The important thing that neither the Senator nor Kilmar even touched those glasses. In hindsight, they should have probably swept those glasses off the table so as to leave no one in doubt.
Little Marco is complicit in the crimes against humanity committed by this administration.
Any legislator who thought "lil'" Marco was the *one* qualified trump cabinet nominee, rather than a smarmy, ethically challenged weasel (apologies to weasels), has not been paying attention and should be drummed out of the corps.
Marco Rubio just offered more examples of the shameful attitudes and behavior of the mendacious, hypocritical, disgraceful coven of Trump sycophants. I am more ashamed daily of my fellow countrymen who have allowed themselves to be sucked into this obvious autocratic scheme.
It is difficult to determine whom among the Cabinet members is doing the most damage: I vote for Pam Bondi, with a slight edge over Hegseth, Rubio, Noem, Gabbard, and RFK.. The rest of the billionaires are just greedy. Those people are sadistic.
Bondi is the biggest betrayer of her office. Instead of running a Justice Department, she is running a criminal organization. She not only defends the criminal behavior of Trump and his administration, she scoffs at courts, disregards laws, disdains the Constitution, and now shamelessly tries to persecute judges, congresswomen, and anyone who is even thinking about criticizing Trump. She has modeled herself after Heimlich Himmler, and she is getting there.
Hands down, it's Bondi. She is one of the few cabinet members who should know better: a former prosecutor, a former state AG, she should know Constitutional limits and requirements, and certainly national law, but she slavishly defends Trump's illegal activities, ignores Constitutional law, persecutes and fires her own staff, because they don't kiss Donnie's ass, and goes after Federal judges like a pit bull. She's a snake, the human kind. She got the job, same as Karoline what's her name: they appeared/worked at Fox. Noem is just plain stupid. She belongs back in SD, wreaking havoc there, cheating on her husband, killing dogs. She has absolutely no place or knowledge in Homeland. Hegseth is a friggin' drunkin' idiot who should have stayed at Fox, where he fit right in. RFK? Absolutely nuts. Brains fried, no conscience, just a loser. Gabbard was qualified for the job perhaps, but a hypocrite in changing parties at the last minute, kissing up, appearing on Fox, etc. Patel? A sycophant only. No significant professional competence that I am aware of to head the FBI. And Rubio? Lost his way, big time.
She “should know” yet she abetted the convicted felon who lost 60 trials claiming voter fraud in 2020! Like the maga SCOTUS she has her own version of the laws and she found her sugar daddy in the awful, immoral convicted felon!
I have to disagree. The courts will, in most cases, keep her from doing much (and maybe Trump will fire her for being ineffective?). But RFK is going to get people killed.
The competition is strong. Noem is killing people by deporting them to strand and difficult places. Rubio has overseen the deaths of thousands all over the world.
I think the thing that is so striking and disheartening is that with this, with other Trump cabinet members, they simply do not care. Rubio, yes, is particularly striking and frankly, he was the only one even remotely qualified for the position he now holds. He no longer cares about Americans, about America or about decency. So while it is somewhat helpful to see Congress members stating the horrible truths to Rubio and others, I don't think the Trump cronies are even remotely moved. They do not appear to be redeemable or salvageable in terms of moving them to a place where they again each have a conscience,, awareness of what it means to be a real American or a sense of accountability.
Just a short glimpse of a person only interested in his own power and doing whatever trump wants …. Disgusting.
He deserves that treatment. He’s lying like the best of them. Shameful. If he was competent, Trump never would have appointed him! Interesting that his parents are Cuban refugees— not aliens but immigrants seeking asylum. That’s what they all want.
Van Hollen's full five minutes and Rubio's response are worth watching. Van Hollen makes clear that Marco has destroyed any credibility he ever had with his 180° shift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0vA4pzj1eI
I think it's an excellent pivot to stop constant trumping about trump and instead concentrate on his Cabinet and policies. We recently heard about Noem and Gabbard. Keep on trucking.
Little Marco is now Micro Marco.
I'm amazed that the senators were actually able to remain mostly respectful, even though they were clearly telling him he was NO secretary of state. It certainly wasn't returned at all and isn't from the fella who's in the White House.
A "new issue" for South Africa? And what kept L'il Marco from knowing about his country when he was in 9th grade? That is a pitiful excuse. And so is his claim he didn't know anything about the total abuse of power Donnie-2-Dolls is using to be totally corrupt. It's been in how many papers and social media outlets for HOW LONG now?
In what non-universe do you live, L'il Marco, and how can you POSSIBLY try to claim that, as ignorant of the goings on of the world, as you've just proved yourself to be, you should remain in the position of secretary of state, when you are clearly so unfit?
Just a bit of background in that wonderful game so familiar when dealing with the republican slug a beds aka MAGA. Slam door after you slither through, never give others an even break.
Rubio's maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, immigrated to the U.S. legally in 1956, but returned to Cuba to find work in 1959. When in 1962 he fled communist Cuba and returned to the U.S. without a visa, he was detained as an undocumented immigrant and an immigration judge ordered him to be deported. But immigration officials reversed their decision later that day, and the deportation order was not enforced.
How soon we forget our own heritage. The man makes my skin crawl. Good looks are really all he has going for him. Brains must have gone to other members of his family.
His snarky little comeback to the senator who regretted voting for him is what I would expect from a 6th grade boy caught openly cheating.
So I guess little Marco would be deported if we got rid of birthright citizenship.