Tuberville “has nothing to show for his 10 months of delay,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a scathing speech after the nominees were confirmed. Tuberville has retained his holds on roughly 11 other promotions.
The Senate confirmed more than 400 military nominees Tuesday afternoon after Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., announced he would drop the bulk of his holds, ending a monthslong campaign.
Tuberville told reporters earlier Tuesday that he had lifted his hold on all military promotions at three-star rank and below, amounting to over 425 promotions.
“I’m releasing everybody. I still got a hold on, I think, 11 four-star generals. Everybody else is completely released from me.” Tuberville told reporters. “But other than that, it’s over.”
See the comment below about how trump wants to install loyalist douchebags into those positions, can’t do that easily if they’re already filled…. Or if the senate has oversight.
Keep in mind, the military is one of the core aspects of our ability to even have foreign policy. Even “soft” diplomacy depends on it… nobody would care what we said without being a superpower.
So putting asshats into command of the military… well, let’s just say that’s not a good idea.