Posted on 03/29/2022 5:57:45 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Romney, Rand Paul, and Rob Portman vote with Democrats in support of State Dept nominee
Three Senate Republicans shattered party unity to advance the nomination of a State Department nominee who has been accused of lying to Congress about the terms of a new nuclear agreement with Iran.
On Tuesday, the nomination of Barbara Leaf, a veteran Democratic foreign policy hand who was nominated last year to serve as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after three Republicans—Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah), Rand Paul (Ky.), and Rob Portman (Ohio)—abandoned their party to help Democrats push the nomination to the finish line. Leaf's nomination will come to a full vote in the Senate and will likely be approved if these Republicans abandon their colleagues to vote in her favor.
Leaf has seen her nomination blocked from a vote for nearly a year by Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), who maintains that during her confirmation hearing last year in the Senate she provided inadequate or false answers about the Biden administration's policies on Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, and peace agreements between Israel and its neighbors.
The contested vote came at a precarious time for Senate Democrats, who had to delay Leaf's vote last week due to poor attendance from committee Democrats. The showdown over the vote comes as the Biden administration is working with Russia to secure a revamped nuclear deal with Iran. The administration is poised to remove Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the terrorist list as part of concessions meant to entice Iran into accepting an accord that will provide it with billions of dollars in cash windfalls. Leaf's nomination was seen as a proxy vote for the Biden administration's nuclear deal and a bellwether for Republican opposition.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
“Leaf flat-out lied,” one senior congressional aide told the Free Beacon.
Romney, Paul and Portman? They aren’t Republicans.
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It’s coordinated.
They take turns undermining Conservative principles.
Graham and Romney missed a vote to defund some of the Vaccination Mandate $$$$.
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Why, Rand? Why Rand?
Rmoney and Portman I expect this from.
But Paul??
I take it Leaf is another one of Jo Jo’s Mommy Syndrome bimbos.
same ones who made $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ from bioweapons,
trafficking children and drugs,
and money laundering in the Ukraine.
Paul is a schizophrenic republican. He gives many reasons to support him on certain issues. Then, he does crap like this. The other two are par for the course. Turncoat RINO’s. McCain wannabees.
Watch these people turn before the midterms. Getting ready for the 2024. Picking there sides. These politicians are all going to turn on Trump if he runs..
“But Paul??”
My thoughts exactly. Would love to know his rationale.
Paul Rand? WTH?
Rand Paul’s father was on the take from the muslims for years.
I would never trust Rand Paul with anything to do with that area of the world.
Maybe there was a reason that his neighbor beat the shit out of him.
IKR? Wtf with Rand Paul!!!! DISAPPOINTING for sure!!
Random Paul strikes again.
Why even comment on the other two? That’s a given...
As for Rand, he’s good when he’s good, and bad when he goes
off the reservation.
At times, he has some of the weirdest positions.
Rand Paul’s father was on the take from the muslims for years.
??
First I’ve heard of that.
Rand Paul voted against using the National Emergency Act for Trump’s wall.
Well, he did turn-tail on January 6th, and voted to sanction unlimited voter fraud.
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