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GOP Senators Who Could Block Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Took Huge Checks From Defense Industry
Daily Caller ^ | 12/5/24 | Adam Pack

Posted on 12/06/2024 11:58:53 AM PST by CFW

Senate GOP hawks who receive large sums from the defense industry could be mobilizing to tank one of President-elect Donald Trump’s national security nominees.

Former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, nominated by Trump to helm the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, could face opposition from Senate Republicans with hawkish views on national security over her beliefs on Ukraine and government surveillance powers. Though a considerable number of Trump-aligned senators have endorsed Gabbard, citing her decades-long military service and commitment to reforming the country’s intelligence agencies that have been frequently weaponized against the president-elect, GOP senators whose national security views appear to sharply diverge from Gabbard’s have mostly refrained from supporting her nomination.

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The following GOP senators with hawkish views on U.S. foreign policy could stand in the way of Gabbard’s confirmation, according to a DCNF review of Senate Republicans’ statements on Gabbard’s nomination to serve as Trump’s chief intelligence officer and their past support for Ukraine and FISA.

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The usual suspects:

Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, John Coryn, Mike Rounds

1 posted on 12/06/2024 11:58:53 AM PST by CFW
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Ruh Roh


2 posted on 12/06/2024 12:01:35 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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I’m getting SO SO SICK of these RINOS..


3 posted on 12/06/2024 12:03:31 PM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: pollywog

I am more sick of the corruption and graft that goes on with both sides. They all sell us down the river for their coffers enlargement.


4 posted on 12/06/2024 12:05:40 PM PST by Resolute Conservative
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Probably because they still see her as a democrat.


5 posted on 12/06/2024 12:06:49 PM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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Lobbying = Bribery


6 posted on 12/06/2024 12:09:19 PM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves, and I'll return leading the pack"- PDJT)
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Jail them!


7 posted on 12/06/2024 12:10:07 PM PST by Vaquero (In Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'llz just kill you. )
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To: CFW

These useless basstid need to get behind the program or get outta the way.
Taking money for their vote? Low life scum of the earth.


8 posted on 12/06/2024 12:10:19 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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Probably because they still see her as a democrat.

The group mentioned above love themselves some democrats. If anything it's because she switched.

9 posted on 12/06/2024 12:10:25 PM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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Make them vote.


10 posted on 12/06/2024 12:11:03 PM PST by ALPAPilot
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Are there any Senators who haven’t taken large checks from corporations?


11 posted on 12/06/2024 12:13:02 PM PST by JSM_Liberty
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The usual suspects. Nothing to read here…


12 posted on 12/06/2024 12:13:39 PM PST by Joann37
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To: rottweiller_inc
Tillis has got to go. He is a disgrace, a shame, a blot, a stain upon the state who gave us the late, great Jesse Helms, may God bless Jesse's soul.

13 posted on 12/06/2024 12:15:43 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: DownInFlames

That makes no sense.


14 posted on 12/06/2024 12:16:35 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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Time to take out the trash—all of it at the voting booth. Remember these charlatans people.


15 posted on 12/06/2024 12:27:14 PM PST by jimbug
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To: DownInFlames

I still consider her a Dim until she comes out and refutes all of her prior Bernie Bot stances.


16 posted on 12/06/2024 12:33:52 PM PST by ChuckHam
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Not on the list because she is a subject for a different discussion, but I’ll just mention it here, is Joni Ernst who is backing away from her objections to Pete Hegseth (at least publicly).

I don’t think she expected the swift and harsh push-back she has received. John Rich said today that he would spend time before her 2026 primary election touring with any candidate with a strong campaign who will run against her.

I don’t think the GOP is used to so many conservatives paying attention to the Presidential nominees and keeping up with who is (and who is not) voicing support for Trump’s cabinet picks. They do not realize that we are playing a different ballgame than they are used to playing in the past.


17 posted on 12/06/2024 12:34:52 PM PST by CFW
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Not team players but Scum


18 posted on 12/06/2024 12:38:38 PM PST by butlerweave
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Follow the money. Many have empty pockets from the election expenses. They had to run political ads to pay the media off.


19 posted on 12/06/2024 12:52:10 PM PST by FreedBird (do)
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No-it is because those 6 RINOs always vote with democrats because they have been in thrall to the the defense industry for endless, money-wasting wars for years-just look at their past records. They don ‘t care what Tulsi Gabbard’s politics are-she will get in the way of their grift...


20 posted on 12/06/2024 1:07:10 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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