New Jersey
Related: About this forumAndy Kim (NJ - Senator) voted for Kristi Noem
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00017.htmI'm old enough to remember being told I would HAVE to support him at DU if he was the nominee.
Told all y'all. I saw his behavior up close and first hand. Cleaning up the floor of the Capitol does not make one brave.
And now - he has a job for the rest of his life.
He will never be Senator Lautenberg. Never.
For the record - We've never had a black governor or governor of color so I'm for Baraka or Spiller in the Primary.
Wiz Imp
(3,124 posts)what any Democrat did.
JustAnotherGen
(34,144 posts)I've called him 5 times since Tuesday and written three emails.
He's being weak.
Should've been Campos-Medina. She has guts and a backbone.
Wiz Imp
(3,124 posts)But I'm not going to get that upset at any Democrat who makes a vote that had no impact on the ultimate outcome. The person is confirmed whether I like it or not, so what good does getting angry about it do? It changes nothing.
Now I know, Biden didn't nominate anyone for cabinet positions as odious as many of Trumps picks, but as anti - all-things-Democratic as the Republican party has become, you would expect that most Republicans would have voted against most nominees. But in fact, the vast majority of Republicans voted to confirm the vast majority of Biden's nominees.
If 50 Republicans vote to confirm a nominee, then all Democratic votes become irrelevant to the outcome so they are just performative.
JustAnotherGen
(34,144 posts)The Democrats of New Jersey want them to play cruel.
Be cruel.
You know how when you're sitting on 78 or for two hours and some asshole starts trying to drive down the median - and we are all screaming out our windows F bombs about their mother?
Yeah - that. We need that.
I'm thinking back to this time last year at a Committee meet and greet and how scripted and stiff he was . . . just blah.
choie
(4,939 posts)Or doesn’t that matter?
Wiz Imp
(3,124 posts)the outcome. Reflexively voting against every Trump nominee risks angering their constituents for some. It may make people feel better, but some good that does if it ultimately results in another Senate seat turning Republican.
choie
(4,939 posts)Who is he trying to impress?
choie
(4,939 posts)Asked to defend their votes?
SheltieLover
(61,310 posts)I hope Dems are keeping a list of those who vote for these grossly unqualified dangerous freaks.
3Hotdogs
(13,767 posts)Our pensions haven't increased in 15 years.
Some low level retirees are now near the poverty line.