Joni Ernst is the worst. She could have single handedly torpedoed his nomination and chose not to. When I learned that the Republicans had only a 1 vote majority on that committee, and she was the deciding vote, it made me sickЁЯдо. Unless she was receiving credible death threats, mere threats to primary her should have been ignored. Other Trump targets have been primaried and survived the next election. Ditto Tillis, and he was the one who asked Danielle Hegseth to provide the affidavit, promising it would get the necessary 4th vote! Which was going to be him! TheyтАЩre despicable cowards.
Every time I see a veteran support Trump I get sick to my stomach. The US Army has 7 core Army values: Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage, Respect, Duty, Loyalty, and Selfless Service. By voting for Hegseth, Joni Ernst - a US Army veteran- failed in both personal courage and selfless service to our Nation. Out of fear, she put her own career first.
Kurt - minor technicality here: I read that Ernst is retired from the army. Perhaps she retired from those 7 values too?
Now, there's that little matter of the oath of office she took when sworn in to Senate... something about support and defend the Constitution? ...bearing true faith and allegiance to the same?
I thought the same about Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. Likes to talk about his Naval Academy education & career in the Marines. Hard to square those values with his vote & statements supporting Hegseth. Of course, he couldn't point to any actual qualifications the guy has (cuz, nada) but said in a statement supporting Hegseth, "the Department of Defense needs innovative thinking and a break from the status quo" - I'd guesstimate 99% of Americans meet those two standards... so to Todd Young, almost anyone is qualified to be Sec Def!
Yes, it is amazing how little the Oath to the Constitution means to some people, although I expect that they rationalize it to themselves in one form or another - we human beings are great at justifying our decisions (and I am no exception to that). I am dismayed by the number of active duty military personnel and veterans that support Trump, because he has such contempt for the military and the whole concept of selfless service. He deliberately avoided service during the Vietnam war, the very embodiment of the "Fortunate Son" that John Fogerty wrote about. I suspect that the MAGA cult is a group of very unhappy people; you have to be, to be so hateful and cruel to others. The sad thing is that Trump is not going to bring them happiness or improve their lives. Trump is using them for his own benefit and I don't think that most of them will ever recognize that fact because it would mean giving up their identity, which is very hard to do (at least from my own experience).
The senators care more about their jobs than about America. Which means they absolutely should lose them.
Joni Ernst is the worst. She could have single handedly torpedoed his nomination and chose not to. When I learned that the Republicans had only a 1 vote majority on that committee, and she was the deciding vote, it made me sickЁЯдо. Unless she was receiving credible death threats, mere threats to primary her should have been ignored. Other Trump targets have been primaried and survived the next election. Ditto Tillis, and he was the one who asked Danielle Hegseth to provide the affidavit, promising it would get the necessary 4th vote! Which was going to be him! TheyтАЩre despicable cowards.
Every time I see a veteran support Trump I get sick to my stomach. The US Army has 7 core Army values: Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage, Respect, Duty, Loyalty, and Selfless Service. By voting for Hegseth, Joni Ernst - a US Army veteran- failed in both personal courage and selfless service to our Nation. Out of fear, she put her own career first.
Kurt - minor technicality here: I read that Ernst is retired from the army. Perhaps she retired from those 7 values too?
Now, there's that little matter of the oath of office she took when sworn in to Senate... something about support and defend the Constitution? ...bearing true faith and allegiance to the same?
I thought the same about Sen. Todd Young of Indiana. Likes to talk about his Naval Academy education & career in the Marines. Hard to square those values with his vote & statements supporting Hegseth. Of course, he couldn't point to any actual qualifications the guy has (cuz, nada) but said in a statement supporting Hegseth, "the Department of Defense needs innovative thinking and a break from the status quo" - I'd guesstimate 99% of Americans meet those two standards... so to Todd Young, almost anyone is qualified to be Sec Def!
Yes, it is amazing how little the Oath to the Constitution means to some people, although I expect that they rationalize it to themselves in one form or another - we human beings are great at justifying our decisions (and I am no exception to that). I am dismayed by the number of active duty military personnel and veterans that support Trump, because he has such contempt for the military and the whole concept of selfless service. He deliberately avoided service during the Vietnam war, the very embodiment of the "Fortunate Son" that John Fogerty wrote about. I suspect that the MAGA cult is a group of very unhappy people; you have to be, to be so hateful and cruel to others. The sad thing is that Trump is not going to bring them happiness or improve their lives. Trump is using them for his own benefit and I don't think that most of them will ever recognize that fact because it would mean giving up their identity, which is very hard to do (at least from my own experience).
Ernst had every reason in the world to vote against him. I used to respect her, but not anymore.