An alignment between Russia and Tulsi Gabbard is worrying some Senate Intelligence Committee members.

Summary

Republican senators are privately pushing to review Tulsi Gabbard’s FBI file amid concerns about her alignment with Russian interests following her nomination as Trump’s director of national intelligence.

Gabbard’s past support for Edward Snowden, who leaked U.S. state secrets, has drawn particular scrutiny, as has her history of echoing Russian talking points on Ukraine and Syria.

While GOP senators are publicly deferring to Trump’s pick, some, including Sens. Mike Rounds and Susan Collins, emphasize the importance of full background checks and hearings to address potential security risks.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Impeachment. They can impeach all of his appointments, and ultimately him. If he continues to ignore them then we’ll get to see him forcibly removed from office.

        If everyone ignores Congress then we have a Constitutional Crisis that will likely result in the end of American Democracy. In the Constitution the President has the least amount of authority.

                • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  11·
                  2 days ago

                  That was never for a single second an actual Republican plan. The ACA was the Republican healthcare plan. Nearly everything the Dems wanted was thrown out by the end, or removed by the Supreme Court after the fact. It was basically just a copy of Romneycare brought to the national scale.

                  It was just an easy target to get some of the dumb as fuck voters on their side consistently. The Republicans are great at gathering single issue voters by being an anti-party. The party has had no actual values for over 2 decades now, just being the opposite of whatever the Dems are going for.