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Sens. Kaine and Warner--telephone town hall NOW (Original Post) spooky3 Feb 10 OP
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spooky3

(37,142 posts)
1. Some snippets
Mon Feb 10, 2025, 07:25 PM
Feb 10

Kaine: SCOTUS may be reluctant to support POTUS because if he can unilaterally defund EPA etc., he can do the same to SCOTUS.

We are determined to win the war.

Warner: (sounds much more forceful and upset than usual) we are hoping to peel off a few more Republicans, but if we can’t there is a limit to what we can do legislatively. We will have leverage during budget negotiations and we intend to use it.

Please keep sending messages to us.

spooky3

(37,142 posts)
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Mon Feb 10, 2025, 07:33 PM
Feb 10

MW: the amount of USAID medicine etc rotting on ships is disgusting—due to the ineptitude of (the admin)

Called Musk’s people “doggy boys”

spooky3

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Mon Feb 10, 2025, 07:36 PM
Feb 10

TK: caller, you’re right that it is about saving democracy. And national security. If another admin had done this, Republicans’ heads “would explode”

spooky3

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Mon Feb 10, 2025, 07:47 PM
Feb 10

TK: this is not about efficiency—Trump will hope a lot of feds will leave and he will pocket the money for tax cuts for the wealthy

MW: I believe the break will come on the national security issue but I can’t be sure. They are getting so much pressure from MAGA, from Trump, from Musk…

Again, people need to protest at Republicans’ offices—not just Dems’

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