If the GOP shuts down the government, that means 1.3 million servicemembers will go without pay. This after a Republican senator, Tommy Tuberville, has single-handedly put a hold on all top-level military promotions and appointments because he disagrees with the Pentagon’s policy of reimbursing travel expenses for members who must seek abortions out of state. Remind me again why the GOP thinks it’s pro-military.
His logjam on Senate confirmations is a grift. He is extorting concessions on behalf of his GOP billionaire donors.
He was unsuccessful at getting the FBI and Space Command relocated to Huntsville Alabama to increase the kind of graft that led to the littoral ship fiasco.
No federal agency should be relocated to a red state. It'll simply become another boondoggle.
Huntsville Alabama is located deep within the former Confederacy.
Red states like Alabama are ruled by anti-democracy oligarchs seeking leverage.
Red states remember the mistakes of the Civil War and are taking steps to control the manufacture of military capability for their next attack on the Union
Note the agencies Tuberville wanted relocated. Not Consumer Protection or Public Health & education.
@georgetakei what the GOP is in favor of is using the military to ensure wealthy U.S. owners can extract resources from foreign countries to increase their wealth and overall inequality. They want military power to support exploitation, which is unrelated to wanting anything good for members of the armed forces.
@georgetakei the GOP is pro-hate and pro-self interest, they dont give a crap about anyone but themselves and will lie to get their way no matter what. they need to be removed from all forms of office before its too late.
@georgetakei Fox is on 24/7 at all military facilities. They will be blaming Biden every minute of that 24/7. The sad truth about Big Lies is that they work.
@georgetakei Same reason as in the X-Files episode where a serial killer kidnaps a psychic to divine why he's a serial killer.
"Because you're a lunatic!"
"Oh, that's why!"
@georgetakei not being pro paid mimitary doesn’t necessarily main not being pro (unpaid) military. It is the pro child labour and slavery party after all.
It's worse than that. At least half a million military families won't be able to buy groceries, pay rent, or cover vital expenses. Any military family knows what a struggle it is for the enlisted troops to make ends meet when they are paid on time.
Good luck doing that without a paycheck at the beginning of the month.
If the GOP shuts down the government, that means 1.3 million servicemembers will go without pay. This after a Republican senator, Tommy Tuberville, has single-handedly put a hold on all top-level military promotions and appointments because he disagrees with the Pentagon’s policy of reimbursing travel expenses for members who must seek abortions out of state. Remind me again why the GOP thinks it’s pro-military.
@georgetakei Most active duty and even more veterans voted for Trump in 2020 and will do so again in 2024. Might not make sense to us but the military loves that guy.
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