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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums99-0. The Senate confirmed Marco Rubio as Sec of State with a 99-0 vote. in 2021 Blinken was 78-22.
Fuck this shit.
Maybe both parties are the same, like some say.
newdeal2
(5,617 posts)However Rubio looks pretty normal compared to the rest of his picks. I doubt hell last 4 years.
Frasier Balzov
(5,106 posts)cadoman
(1,617 posts)And he was also one of the closest to center Repuke Senators.
kerouac2
(1,519 posts)There is no limit to the crazy loons he could choose instead. A$$hats like Rubio seem fine compared to other possibilities it seems.
dpibel
(4,015 posts)That doesn't mean they have to vote for them.
Trump's gonna be nice if they rubber stamp Lil' Marco? No evidence of that.
Mountainguy
(2,145 posts)William769
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In It to Win It
(12,829 posts)Polybius
(22,122 posts)RockRaven
(19,755 posts)It isn't like going on the record that he is unworthy would have denied him the position and risked a worse option being put forward. He was getting confirmed either way.
Dem4life1234
(2,533 posts)As everything the orange creep touches, he will ruin Rubio.
Bettie
(19,881 posts)get at least a couple of Democratic votes. Bet Fetterman votes for all of them.
jalan48
(14,914 posts)Pretty sad.
Yavin4
(37,182 posts)Anything to get him out of the senate.
Polybius
(22,122 posts)But 99 even surprised me. Who didn't vote? With that being said though, he apparently was well-liked by a lot of Democrats, so I get it.
AnyFunctioningAdult
(200 posts)There are only 99 Senators due to JD Vance vacating the position.
Polybius
(22,122 posts)Vance's seat went to Jon Husted, but Google is inconclusive if he took office yet. I can't see Rubio voting for himself.
Edit: I take it back, you're probably right. He voted for himself.
William769
(59,147 posts)larwdem
(910 posts)ZonkerHarris
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