Posted on 01/22/2017 10:05:26 AM PST by mandaladon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior Republican lawmakers on Sunday said they would vote to approve President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, despite their concerns over the former ExxonMobil chief's relationship with Russia's president.
"After careful consideration, and much discussion with Mr. Tillerson, we have decided to support his nomination to be secretary of state," Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said in a statement.
"Though we still have concerns about his past dealings with the Russian government and President Vladimir Putin, we believe that Mr. Tillerson can be an effective advocate for U.S. interests," the two senators, both senior members of the Senate committee weighing Tillerson's nomination, said in their statement.
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Do those two always put out joint press statements now? Cute. Really cute.
What’s the word on Rubio? He seemed pretty sour on RT.
Thank you, Senators.
They better support him if they know what’s good for them. I know McCain just got re-elected (thanks for nothing Arizona) but when does Graham come up for re-election? Would love to see him get voted out, no matter who gets the seat.
Lindsey is McCains butt boy
Wow....I am surprised.
And McCain is the EU’s.
What was the pay off?
Little Marco is holding out for the big bucks?
IMHO Lindsey and John saw a huge Trump reamer coming their way
and Marco has not, and so Marco is running a severe risk of being allocated a new sphincter muscle next to his present one.
Bubble Boy has been rendered irrelevant.
” Thank You Sir! May we have another?”
I wonder what happened behind the scenes.
Yep. And in other news they also announced their wedding registry at Bed Bath and Beyond.
That’s a sigh of relief. Rubio can go pout in a corner.
Linda & McStain are Pizza Pals.
Being conjoined at the anus as they obviously are, we should expect nothing but joint statements from John McCain and Lindsey Graham going forward.
I look forward to their joint resignation for sedition. Then, they can crab-walk off into the sunset as they've always dreamt of doing.
“What’s the word on Rubio? He seemed pretty sour on RT.”
Marco will be on board. McCain was the main risk of defecting, so I think Tillerson is good to go. Which is AWESOME, because Rex impresses me as a perfect Trump kind of cabinet member... all business, no fluff or B.S.
“What’s the word on Rubio? He seemed pretty sour on RT.”
Rubio knows he can NEVER BE PRESIDENT if he now opposes Rex...and that is the ONLY THING on his mind.
So Rubio will now have to support him too.
Perhaps they got a call from the new sheriff in town.
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