re: "I’m told that the vote for Tulsi Gabbard might be done privately in a SCIF"

The only things done behind closed door should be classified stuff for national security.

Every vote should be public, there is no way that a vote on someone would be a matter requiring secrecy. The only reason is they dont want the voters to know what they are doing.

If they do it in private then we should assume all of them are corrupt and work to vote them out.

Every single one.

The frick it will be.

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"I’m told that the vote for Tulsi Gabbard might be done privately in a SCIF"

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If that is even proposed, Trump should get vocal enough about it that the mere thought of doing it is immediately abandoned.

frick that. GOP senators - stand up and be counted! You got an opinion, then raise it. And then let the chips fall where they may.

Could it be that they're doing this because this is for the DNI position and they know sensitive matters will be discussed?

Senate Republicans supported and voted for -often with majorities from their side of the aisle-, all of Biden's picks when they came to the floor. But for 'reasons' they are somehow seen as principled when they undermine the will of the people who voted in a Republican POTUS.

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, and almost without fail are lock step in support of their party's picks with floor votes.


Now this Senate Intelligence Committee has some sort of protocol that keeps their vote secret. Fine, but that is stupid and contrary to transparency. No one is requiring that they divulge state secrets - just whether they vote Yea of Nay. And to hell with those Committee members who need the secrecy so they can still run their hackorama MIC scams.

This is why if one can't exercise independence, then they are just practicing fealty to a club and not anything to do with what is right.

But these limp-dick and dry-twat hacks -who think they might actually get hard or wet by 'collecting a scalp'- are gonna be celebrated by those cheering on either the 'Rs' or 'Ds' in pretty much the same way we cheer on team jerseys.

Gabbard should be confirmed because POTUSDJT wants her, end of fricking story.

And the vote tally should be public information...

Maybe they want their votes hidden from the deep state?

If this happens it's an indication there is still a long ways to go before the American people have a trustworthy federal government .

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Intelligence Committee procedure said while panel rules allow for the release of a vote tally, they do not allow for a public roll call of how each member voted. Members are free to disclose their votes if they wish.

Opening up the committee vote, in other words, would require the secretive committee to waive its rules.

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Then we can get the total tally votes, but the committee cannot say how each member voted. Then each member that voted to confirm can come out and state they voted to confirm which would then identify who voted against