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Some of the seven Democrats who voted for Noem say they'd now oppose her in the wake of Trump's aggressive deportation plans and last week's incident involving Sen. Alex Padilla.

Five days after Donald Trump's inauguration, seven Senate Democrats voted to confirm Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Nearly 5 months later, most of them are critical of her, with some going as far as to say they regret their votes.

"I'm very disappointed. I'm very disappointed in her," Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., told NBC News this week. "If I were voting on her today, I definitely wouldn't vote for her."

Freshman Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., also said he would vote differently and oppose her nomination if he could do it again.

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[–] dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works 62 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I can’t even read this shit anymore. I’m almost more furious with the Democrats than the republicans at this point. Every single nominee should have been a knock-down, drag-out fight. We’d be better off with an empty cabinet than the array of lickspittles and lunatics in there now.

It’s really bad when Tulsi Gabbard is one of the only trustworthy people in the administration.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree, except using Tulsi Gabbard and "trustworthy" in the same sentence should be a crime.

Ok, yes - I'm off to jail.

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I mean, the only thing I believe from her is that Iran are not making Nuclear weapons (so said her intelligence agency). Apparently Donald is mad at her for saying that.

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 57 points 2 days ago

She shot a puppy for acting like a puppy.

What part of that makes you think she's a sane and rational human being able to run a huge government organization and not want to cause harm to fellow humans?

She's fucking broken just like the rest of them.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 70 points 2 days ago (20 children)

Why do we keep electing sellout Democrats who won’t even do their jobs? We haven’t even had a real primary in 17 years.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I'll bite. Because on the whole they vote our positions more than the red team would. Are they a good fit for my politics? Nope, but they're usually the least bad option in the general.

That said we need to primary these fucks every time.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To your latter point- if people show up to vote at all they don't usually show up to primaries.

Wish in one hand, shit in the other. See which fills up first. People aren't voting every single election and just hoping someone great shows up. Well newsflash- you gotta show up first.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

To your latter point- if people show up to vote at all they don't usually show up to primaries.

And this is the problem right here. You should be voting at least once a year and paying fucking attention to who the candidates are and their platform

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago

We have a similar problem in Canada. A lot of us wanted to vote NDP but felt we had to vote liberal to avoid the risk of vote splitting leading to a conservative win. This problem could be avoided with ranked choice voting like they have in Australia, which our last prime minister promised to give us but he gave up on it.

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[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

These idiots whore themselves out for some meaningless perks to vote in someone that killed their puppy because it didn't fetch. They're realizing the perks weren't worth it and trying to earn some sympathy which makes it so much worse. The ones that aren't saying anything are sitting fat and happy roasting marshmallows over this dumpster fire.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago

Yeah no fucking shit

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

What a mov of spinelss shits.

If they want to say they're sorry, there are more meaningful ways: resignation, or better yet, seppuku. Self-immolation is not recommended since it adds to air pollution.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I hope they all get primary’d.

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[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Everybody that has voted while Trump is president should be voted out. If they voted for any approval or confirmation, fuckin voted out.

They sold out our nation.

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[–] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (8 children)

THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE VOTED TO CONFIRM HER IN THE FIRST PLACE. OUR OWN PARTY IS FULL OF DUMBASSES.

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GFY u POS.

Zero (D) should've helped confirm anyone.

[–] FireAtWill@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I've really got to wonder what passes for good judgement nowadays.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Gee that name Tim Kaine sounds familiar.. where have I heard that before?

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

It's far too late to put up a fight now, establishment dems. We needed that 6 months ago.

[–] VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe they'll SLAM her on the news, that'll show her!

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago

We ALL told you not to vote for her you spineless loser.

It's simple - no Democrat should cast a single yes vote for ANY MAGA legislation, ever.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who knew the Meth Gnome aka Noem who is a piece of shit, nominated by a piece of shit; would be a piece of shit?

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