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Trump Went on Profanity-Laced Rant at Susan Collins in Angry Phone Call: Report
President Donald Trump phoned Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and laid into the senator for voting in favor of a war powers measure this week after the U.S. invaded Venezuela on Saturday and abducted President Nicolas Maduro.
On Thursday, five Republicans joined all 47 Democratic senators in voting to advance legislation that would require the president to obtain congressional approval before taking further military action against the South American country. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young were the other Republicans who backed the measure.
The Hill reported on Friday that Collins was on the business end of a tense phone call in which Trump shredded her over her vote.
He called her and then basically read her the riot act, one Republican senator anonymously told The Hill, saying the president went on a profanity-laced rant.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-went-on-profanity-laced-rant-at-susan-collins-in-angry-phone-call-report/
RockRaven
(18,739 posts)Ars Longa
(436 posts)AllyCat
(18,539 posts)SSJVegeta
(2,346 posts)Spines in republican politicians are just decoration
dweller
(27,859 posts)Broken brittle windchimes that rattle in the breezes
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Deuxcents
(25,548 posts)Dont need TSF if enough of them would stand up and do the right thing
stillspkg
(154 posts)With Trumps disapproval rating, my guess is they increase their chance of getting elected by standing up to Trump. (not that I'm a fan of Ms. Collins)
bucolic_frolic
(54,075 posts)Blue Owl
(58,181 posts)Emile
(40,669 posts)Maine Abu El Banat
(3,534 posts)Skittles
(169,640 posts)YES INDEED
Johonny
(25,506 posts)Solly Mack
(96,372 posts)Snort
Beat me to it.
Solly Mack
(96,372 posts)UpInArms
(54,098 posts)Concern and the hope that he has learned his lesson
yet
Maybe she could write a sternly worded letter
and not send it
Bristlecone
(11,003 posts)Shes still the emptiest suit in the Senate.
edhopper
(37,096 posts)To help her in the election.
paleotn
(21,599 posts)...damaging the chances for Pukes in every blue state. The key is Dems uniting no matter if the candidate is Mills or Platner. If Dems are unified, Collins will have more time to spend with the grandkids.
Cha
(316,893 posts)Oh and Fuck Off Asshole Dictator Inside the WH.
B.See
(7,808 posts)for all the times her bs waffling and caving had only further enabled him.
Though I find it interesting how journalists often frame the petulant outbursts of this PSYCHOPATH.
was "on the business end".. "shredded her"... "read her the riot act"??
Why do they persist in trying to make this whiny assed manchild's TANTRUMS look like anything more than what they are...
the machinations of a raving lunatic?
UTUSN
(76,978 posts)Ol Janx Spirit
(737 posts)Lulu KC
(8,511 posts)Can't disagree with that.
Marcuse
(8,812 posts)
LudwigPastorius
(14,200 posts)execute party members who disobey him with antiaircraft guns, like his pal Kim Jong Un likes to do.
MacKasey
(1,493 posts)Or told him that she was recording it and she would come to release it to the media
Prairie Gates
(7,215 posts)Has she done anything in the last 20 years to deserve anyone's respect? And in terms of Trump, she's been nothing but a little lapdog for him, and we know how Trump thinks dogs should be treated.
danieljsf
(8 posts)Just hang up the phone. No need to listen to that turd rant and ramble.
paleotn
(21,599 posts)Marie Marie
(10,897 posts)it will not affect their foreign policy, The War Act needing congressional approval isn't really a thing. They will do whatever the hell they want.
Yup congress, you're a little late to have a measly few of you step forward and try assert your constitutional powers. He shredded that document while you were behind him kissing his ass. Oh and Susan, I hope it was real painful for you to be disrespected by a buffoon, When we needed you to make him stop disrespecting all of us, your concern did little.
bigtree
(93,391 posts)...
AverageOldGuy
(3,365 posts)FAFO
democrank
(12,165 posts)A real creep
Lulu KC
(8,511 posts)She always says she's going to do it but she never does it. Really, three of those five surprised me.
DFW
(59,747 posts)I thought he was pure robotic Trumpanzee
All I can ever think about with him is his running on January 6 and the hilarious videos and memes.
And Todd Young! He stood up to DT about redistricting but now he's really getting a little backbone going. Shocking, really.
thought crime
(1,230 posts)If Hawley is showing any minor hint of "disloyalty" it might be a sign of the feedback he's getting from his constituency.
stillspkg
(154 posts)Isn't this already a law?
Mark.b2
(753 posts)A man who would call someone he knows with a profanity-laced rant is one lacking character. He doesnt have self-control, and relying on profanities likely betraya an attempt to bully using mean words rather than cogent arguments. He is insecure, dim, and cares about only a few.
He has a history approaching conflict this way and hs experience success.
He considers hes won if you volley the argument back, and it you cry, that is the cherry on the too.
Hes an asshole!