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Profiles In Cowardice: The Nobody Saw This Coming Brigade

  • U.S. Senator Thom Tillis voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense after receiving warnings from the FBI about credible death threats before his vote.
  • Critics claim that Senators like Tillis should resign if they cannot perform their duties due to fear of threats, as noted by John Jackson.
  • Many Republicans are reportedly scared of political violence from Trump supporters, leading to allegations of cowardice among GOP members, as highlighted by George Conway.
  • Jonathan Z. Ludwig stated that if U.S. Senators are unwilling to risk their safety for their Constitutional duties, they should resign.
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Profiles In Cowardice: The Nobody Saw This Coming Brigade

Republican senators have seen the mass graves. They've met Zelensky. They've walked through bombed cities and witnessed firsthand the evidence of Russian atrocities. Yet now, faced with Trump's embrace of Putin and denunciation of Ukraine, they can't even muster the courage to state simple truths they know from direct personal experience. While Trump openly declares the Ukrainian…

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'Cowardice': GOP faces backlash after report suggests death threat may have swayed vote

Last month, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has on rare occasions stood up to Donald Trump, cast the deciding—and, to some, unexpected—vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Now, a report reveals that Tillis says the FBI had informed him of “credible” death threats before his vote. This revelation has led some to question whether he voted under duress, while others accuse him, and other Republicans, of ca…

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'Cowardice': GOP Faces Backlash After Report Suggests Death Threat May Have Swayed Vote

Last month, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has on rare occasions stood up to Donald Trump, cast the deciding—and, to some, unexpected—vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Now, a report reveals that Tillis says the FBI had informed him of “credible” death threats before his vote. This revelation has led some to question whether he voted under duress, while others accuse him, and other Republicans, of ca…

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