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Dulcinea

(9,691 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:08 AM Yesterday

Trump threatened GOP senators who voted for war powers resolution in 'angry' calls

(NBC News) Hours after the Senate voted to advance the war powers resolution rebuking the White House’s current and future actions in Venezuela, President Donald Trump placed “angry” calls to each of the five Republicans who crossed the aisle, according to people with knowledge of the calls.

Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Todd Young, R-Ind., voted with Democrats to require the administration to get congressional approval for future military action in Venezuela.

Thursday's vote was a procedural motion, and it advances the legislation to a full Senate vote that will require a simple majority.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-threatened-gop-senators-voted-215718084.html

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Trump threatened GOP senators who voted for war powers resolution in 'angry' calls (Original Post) Dulcinea Yesterday OP
Honestly, if you somehow managed to find the spine to do something Dear Leader didn't like, tanyev Yesterday #1
Did they cry or did they drop to their knees begin sucking and ask for forgiveness SamKnause Yesterday #2
This is now the home of the cowards Walleye Yesterday #3
Poor Donny Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday #4

tanyev

(48,687 posts)
1. Honestly, if you somehow managed to find the spine to do something Dear Leader didn't like,
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:14 AM
Yesterday

and your phone starts blowing up with calls from the White House soon after—why even take the call? Ignore that whiny POS.

SamKnause

(14,732 posts)
2. Did they cry or did they drop to their knees begin sucking and ask for forgiveness
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:20 AM
Yesterday

from The Great Orange Anus ???

All the while holding out their hands for the quo.

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