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‘We Are All Afraid’: Republican Senator Admits Colleagues Are Terrified of Being Punished for Criticizing Trump

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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) openly admitted that she and her Republican colleagues were “all afraid” of “retaliation” from President Donald Trump as she criticized what she called “unlawful” executive overreach and sweeping federal cuts.

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‘We Are All Afraid’: Republican Senator Admits Colleagues Are Terrified of Being Punished for Criticizing Trump

www.mediaite.com /tv/we-are-all-afraid-republican-senator-admits-colleagues-are-terrified-of-being-punished-for-criticizing-trump/

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‘We are all afraid’: Republican senator admits colleagues are terrified of being punished for criticizing Trump

www.mediaite.com /tv/we-are-all-afraid-republican-senator-admits-colleagues-are-terrified-of-being-punished-for-criticizing-trump/

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- “We are all afraid!”, …but we don’t want to lose our privilidge by opposing him.
  Fuck you cowardly cunt.
  As noted, a small group could end this.
  
  Naw, she is no coward. She is a pro-abortion Republican that voted against Trump. Rather than be her ally you act like a little bitch.
- It's interesting you mention why Republicans are so unwilling to consolidate votes, yet the only time in history where they did consolidate votes was to prevent Hunter S Thompson from becoming sheriff of Aspen.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Aspen
- The Christian nationalists would absolutely crucify them, it's career suicide and they know it.
  
  So what? It's better for the country.
  I'm thinking they are more fearful of their friends and family being murdered.
  
  In a just world, they should feel that capitulating to Trump’s agenda would be actual suicide.
  
  Are they so unskilled they couldn't just go get another job? (I'm not asking you to defend them - just pointing out the absurdity)
- We need to be sending "CHODE" T-Shirts to all these people afraid of Trump. Your idea, so get on it 😘
- Of all the people we needed to be brave, it had to be the fucking Republicans. We are truly and utterly fucked.
She's 67 years old. She's been in the Senate for over 20 years. She can decide to retire after her current term and they can't use the threat of a primary against her. It's her choice to cower in fear and empower the destruction of our democracy. Because she is watching that happen. In the end she's just another pathetic boomer willing to bow to trump to cling to power.
- they can't use the threat of a primary against her
  She lost the 2010 primary during the height of the Tea Party movement, ran a campaign to have people vote for her as a write in candidate, and won as a write in.
  In the end, the problem is that her vote doesn't actually matter this cycle, at least not by itself. In order to flex any muscle she'd need to actually persuade some colleagues to stand up to Trump. At this point she's more of a Republican Fetterman than a Republican Sinema/Manchin.
  
  Yeah, I'm aware she's an outlier in that she beat back the crazies once before, but 2010 is not 2024. In 2010 Trump wasn't a factor. The cult was forming, but there was no messiah yet. If tomorrow trump singled her out for hate like he did Liz Cheney she'd get wrecked instantly, and she knows it.
- 67 year old politicians aspire to cling to power for 20 more years
“We are all afraid,” Murkowski told the crowd on Monday.
Pausing, she added: “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.”
This, right here, is the most open and honest admission of what the US is today, by the ruling party elite: A dictatorship. An authoritarian state.
- Do the fucking job you were elected to do, coward.
  
  They are doing the jobs they were paid to do, by corporate America.
  Being ineffectual corporate-whores who capitulate to capital is the core requirement of every politicians job description in the 21st Century. Though, it turns out corruption is incompatible with democracy and the rule of law. Who would have thought?
Fucking cowards.
- On one hand, sure. She's a coward. She's one of the most privileged people in the US, but she's afraid. She's not doing her job because she's afraid, and that's just allowing the fascists to win.
  On the other hand, at least she's admitting it. That's a small step in the right direction. You can't fix the problem until you acknowledge it exists. Being scared of MAGA is rational, and it would be good if more politicians admitted that they were acting out of fear, not because they believed in what these assholes are doing.
  So, if she's scared, maybe she needs support. The US goes on and on about how the 2nd amendment is about keeping the people free from a tyrannical government. So, be like the Black Panthers. They were probably also scared. They were in a lot of danger, much more so than women or non-straight people today. But, they tried to make the other side scared too.
If only we had a body of elected representatives that were able to do something about the situation.....
Chris Van Hollen travelled to a dictatorship to free a man wrongfully imprisoned without due process by two authoritarians, while these simpering cowards whine about the monster they created.
You and your colleagues could actually stop him instead of lining up to defend/allow his fascist actions.
- It's better if we just blame the Democrats.
As bad as things are, it's cathartic to watch the old guard, bourbon sipping Republican party that originally weaponized misinformation to further the agenda of big corpo (faux news since they existed: "Herp derp climate change is a hoax for scientists to sell books") realize that though their long in motion coup worked, they lost control of it in 2015 when King confidence scheme scam artist stole their grift out from under them by saying the dogwhistles they used to string their racist base along out loud with a dumb little dance.
Its not helpful, but knowing Mitch McConnell and John Roberts know they sold out their entire society's future not even for their benefit or the benefit of the right small room of classy old money bigots, but for some crass asshole that's as belligerent and willfully ignorant as their sucker voting base to take the reigns of post democracy machiavelian power they so carefully curated since the 70s as they watch powerlessly, and IN FEAR no less?
Poetry.
🎻🎻🎻
- It would be a lot more enjoyable if we were not the pawns being pushed forward by the mad king.
You chose this. Purged everything that wasn't MAGA so that all that was left was hate. Dont be a bitch now. All those GOP motherfuckers were straight creaming on election night. Lie in your nut stained beds.
- But we're all being smothered in their nut stained beds, brother. For them to lie in their beds would be to accept retaliation of their party and fight back, not to take it. They deserve the flak but are seemingly not brave enough to save us all.
  
  Nobody will save us but ourselves. Dont let that leave your head during all of this. The charge to.lead the people will only come from the people. The military isnt tagging in, politicians are still talking about elections, nobody is doing anything until the first American burns a heritage foundation office and then doesnt stop.
Clearly they are not yet NEARLY afraid enough about the path they're allowing the Trump admin to take.
Oh no, you might get primaried?
- They're terrified that if they get primaried, they will no longer be in a position where they can mostly avoid the impact of trump's petulance.
  You know, like the common people
Spineless traitor. She has a crucial vote and ability to impeach trump and says this shit. Lady if you dont grow a spine you're gonna burn either way.
I remember when my politicians had, yknow., a fucking spine and principles. Yes. Im that old.
- Didn't think there were any Revolutionary War Veterans left alive.....
Holy fucking christ.
reach into your purse and find your balls, you servile fucks
It's not the trump organisation, it's the republican party, and by not doing anything, you're supporting them, and saving your own ass in the case the republican party fails.
Keep up the good work propelling fascist imperialism forward
Cowardly traitors.
Fascism requires such cowards to enable their regimes.
Doesn’t she realize that to an authoritarian government, the senate having the ability to break his power is the most threatening thing ever : the more you wait the more you need to be fearful because your life will be shortened. Right now, it is in Trump’s best interest to disappear congress and the supreme court. And the supreme court is mostly dealt with by now because proven powerless. He has two years two deal with Democrats and way more time to deal with whoever he believes a problem, but the senate is an everyday threat to his power.
For anyone wondering, she did vote to convict trump during his second impeachment.
Not sure what’s she’s done between now and then, but she’s no McConnell or Green,
Confirmation of something we already know, or should already know - elected politicians are craven cowards.
This is actually great news. We can get them to side with us against HitlerPig. All we have to do is make them fear the citizens more than HitlerPig, and there are a LOT more of us than them.
Punished how? you cowards
- The fascists won't invite her to their birthdays anymore. It's a real dilemma for Murkowski.
  
  They don't have birthday parties in federal prison
If you can't summon up as much bravery as the folks actually fighting back, GTFO. I'd call her a cunt but she lacks the depth and warmth.
- You nailed it, we're getting into a "following orders" type scenario now, if you don't agree with what they're doing but too scared to do anything to stop them, then step down! If you can't do your job which is to protect the people you represent then let someone else step in.
Politicians: Take the job and the paycheck to represent the people, bow out when it's time to do that.
I might get called extremist for this, but senators and representatives should be willing to kill their career and reputation in politics to fight for their constituents. Otherwise, are we just paying them to have a good time??!
- There definitely needs to be a restructuring of incentives
I mean I get it, because I'm also scared of Donny. But at the same time... It kinda is someone's job to stand up to him, no?
- It's literally her job
Right wing ideologies depend on fear
I have emailed my congressman this article and asked if he was just a coward. I'm unhopeful for a response.
"We are afraid", they say while wiping their tears away with $100 bills.
5-10 Republicans, that's all it would take to impeach him in the house, and less required to remove in the senate. Clearly he can ignore most lawful orders, but if Congress came together to stop him, I'd argue that would be the end of him, no matter how hard he wants to fight.
Wow she sure has some strong words. Coward.
DO SOMETHING about it then. They have the power to do it.
Oh you're afraid the leopard is going to eat your face??
They're scared of the wrong thing.
We need to show them what they should really be afraid of.
Pathetic cowards.
But they’re fine with letting the country burn so they can keep their jobs.
Are they afraid of ending up in this CECOT mound?
- Is that blood on the ground next to the mound of what I can only assume are dozens of bodies?
  
  https://www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/el-salvador-cecot-prison-mysterious-mound-google-earth-reddit-440823-20250416
  We don't know. Can someone drop the coordinates here or Reddit thread? I used to work on this kind of imagery and would like to poke around (we sold to Google too!). I'm a bit suspect of it. The 'bodies' (not being sarcastic, I dk what it is but that's not unusual for aerial imaging) do not look proportionate. Google offers imagery from 10m per sq pixel to 0.3m. The older stuff, and stuff not in the first world is much more likely to be on the bigger end. Those ?objects seem too big. Look at the length of the units against the structures. Not saying terrible things don't happen there, but from the clip, they look like giants but I have to look at it to actually know what's going on. Also, they're awfully straight for a haphazard pile.
  Edit: I'm pretty sure they are too big, unless they're housing some 9ft+ humans. Look at the cars and road nearby for size comparisons. That stain is also persistent across years to some degree.
  Edit edit: Also take the colour with a grain of salt, those images get bulk normalised.
Republicans are so spineless they let a low IQ felon rapist take over their party and cuck them.
Leopards be feasting
Yeah, we have been well aware of this since the 2016 primaries. You are all massive chicken-shits who’s fear of a con artist eclipses your duty to the American people and the constitution. I’ll be sure to make a note of it in case I forget.
- Technocracy means the masses are ruled by a panel of experts in their fields. Scientific, expert advice sets policy, ie. Logic rules supreme. America is not, is not becoming, and never will be, a technocracy.
  America has been an oligarchy for a while, now it's going full authoritarian.
- Technocracy would be fine. However it seems more like crazy racist incompetence. Even if they are trembling in fear, why do they not stand up?
They should be equally as afraid of enabling Trump. That’s where we come in.
You're scared? However scared you are is nothing compared to the people you are supposed to be representing. And if they can start making a stand against this you have no fucking excuse for your inaction.
Afraid of what? He will call you a bad name. Oh please, you need to grow a spine or get out of politics.
- Afraid of what?
  Literally death threats from the Republican voters.
  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hear-death-threats-republican-senator-received-about-trump
  
  In other words, nothing is going to improve until the death threats from the MAGA cultists for defying Trump start to get outweighed by death threats from sane people for obeying him.
So if she, as a Republican ally is this afraid, how does she think his actual enemies feel?
Neat. Unfortunately, my tiny violin was repossessed.
Fuck these people. She supported this , and now she’s going to pretend to have feelings. No, you don’t get to do that. We remember.
- my tiny violin was repossessed
  I gotchu fam:
"but what if I get primaried?" They ask as people are being sent to life in prison without being charged with a crime.
Jesus Christ, how do you make it this far in politics with this little spine or conviction? Is it really that easy?
Quick, let me find the world's smallest fiddle for these absolutely repugnant assholes. Go ahead, sell out the entire fucking country for power and then try to give us your fucking sob story. I'll get to you right after I finish mourning the people you've sent to the death camps, I swear.
I wonder if she's tried furrowing her brow.
What a fucking piece of shit she is.
The irony is that senators are historically one of the safer positions in Congress, due mostly to name recognition, the six year term, and preestablished alliances within their party and special interests. Sure we talk a big game about primarying people but that doesn't happen that often, either (even when it should, like with many Dems).
Then again, these aren't historical times and deeply unpopular people like Ted Cruz might actual lose to a democratic challenger if he lost the cults backing, even with RNC and billionaires backing him, so idk. Maybe fear is correct.
THERE ARE MORE OF US
If only we could have voted to keep him out
- Sorry, too many ignorant losers in this country that didn't vote or voted 3rd party because they were apathetic or real mad about a single issue.
  
  Listen the clearly more liberal candidate didn't say the thing i liked, so i voted to get my friends deported, and removed everyones first amendment rights.
  -Jill Stien Voters
She needs to retire, or just leave her job
So why do we pay these "representatives" through our taxes if they dont fight for us...fucking GOP....doomed us all...
Gutless treasonous scum. The face of the GOP.
If only there was anything anyone could do before we got here
Welp them’s the breaks
That’s the sign of a healthy democracy! /s
I doubt a full Robespierre will set them off. Weaker spines than the 18th century French.

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reach into your purse and find your balls, you servile fucks