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Will This Vote By Murkowski Stop The Idiotic Speculation That She Would Ever Caucus with Dems? [1]

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Date: 2025-07-01

In my opinion, there are no good Republicans with the Senate passage of the MAGA MURDER BILL. And no, Thom Tillis has done more than enough damage with this other votes to never receive any accolades for not supporting an evil bill. Rand Paul just wants to be even more cruel and have his libertarian wet dream of ending the government come true. And as for Collins, she has played an extremely cynical game along with Murkowski for many years now that both are “moderates.” They take turns fooling the lazy, corrupt, and stupid legacy media into believing that they do not support the reactionary GOP agenda, at least not always. In this instance, Collins knew she could safely vote against the MAGA MURDER BILL because Murkoswski was going to support it and see it passed.

All of the Republicans share responsibility for this evil act to kill and starve Americans.

But Murkowski deserves even more condemnation because she is still putting on an act that she fucking cares what happens to all of those thrown off of Mediciad and SNAP for a billionaires tax cut.

x Says the awful senator who didn’t need to inflict pain on millions of Americans. At least have the decency to resign. Hoping the House undoes your own vote is the most pathetic, demented defense I have ever heard www.axios.com/2025/07/01/l... — Jen Rubin (@jenrubin.bsky.social) 2025-07-01T21:20:27.941Z

This evil person — and she is evil — is bemoaning how awful this process is, and she’s urging the House to stop the bill.

That is just vile.

The time to stop it was on the weekend when she could have killed the procedural vote. Shit. It’s what politicians have done for AGES. You kill in a bill you hate in committee or at some other stop gap, especially if you DO NOT WANT TO VOTE ON IT! She knows this, but is acting like Josh Hawley. Both are acting like Senate aides instead of Senators.

And I know we should not be emotional when it comes to politics, at least when we are trying to get back into power. But this whole idiotic idea that somehow in a future Senate with a 50-50 split that Murkowski would ever caucus with Democrats should be stomped on. It will NOR should ever be allowed to happen.

This is in reference to speculation on Daily Kos and the legacy media that Murkowski could caucus with Democrats. First up, why would we want Murkowski caucusing with Democrats? She has helped do what NO DEMOCRAT IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVER DO — SAVAGELY CUT THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET!

When this thing is passed by the House and signed into law by Trump, Murkowski WILL HAVE BLOOD ON HER HANDS! Does the Democratic Party really want a person who helped starve and killed Americans for the sake of the tax cut for the uber wealthy in our midst? What does that say to voters who already think Democrats are useless? I know one thing. It would cement in the mind of those voters who sit on their asses and don’t vote, “Yeah. There’s no fucking difference between Democrats and Republicans! I told ya!”

And look at how Murkowski has behaved during this and other times. She’s always out for herself. I bet she didn’t want another primary challenge like she had in 2010. On top of that, she’s thinking of all those offers from corporate boards and lobbying groups whenever she retires from the Senate.

The tax cut was what drove all this. Her donors wanted that money. And Murkowski delivered.

What will be here price if we have a 50-50 Senate? Will Democrats have to forever give up on green energy? I bet that would be one of her many conditions before caucusing with Democrats. And I bet those demands would include no tax raises for her or her rich friends.

So what’s the solution? How about we try to win some other senate races instead? It will be climbing up a hard mountain, but I bet it will be a lot less painful than dealing with this cynical, duplicitous, and heartless politician.

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