MSNBC's Joe Scarborough busted Republican lawmakers for putting national security at risk to draw attention and scare up donations.
Senate Democrats are moving ahead with a resolution that would allow hundreds of military nominees to be quickly confirmed to get around a blockade by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), but the "Morning Joe" host said the problem goes deeper than one individual GOP senator.
"The problem is, if you're a Republican and trying to get things done, if you're [Rep.] Kay Granger (R-TX) and you're running the Appropriations Committee, or if you're [Rep.] Mike McCaul (R-TX) and you're running the Foreign Affairs Committee, and you want to get things done, you're not getting them done," Scarborough said. "You know you're not getting them done because clowns are doing this so they can get $25 donations from across the country, because they use their gestures, sometimes while they're gesturing on the House floor, they use their gestures to raise money. They get TikTok clicks to do the very things that have nothing to do with actually being a responsible United States member of the House or the Senate."
"This only happens when Republicans are in charge," he added. "Never happened with Nancy Pelosi, it never did. So what message are these people, these back-benchers, and [Sen.] Lindsey [Graham] (R-SC) was talking about it last night. Yes, it's hurting the country. Yes, it's hurting the military. It is also really damaging to the Republican Party. Again, I will say it again, I won't say the dates, they've lost elections seven consecutive years in a row."
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