Elizabeth Warren's Tweetstorm: Trump nominees "must put our country's interests before their own"

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/817875170690027520

[spanone]

1. looks like republicans are trying an end run around the process of democracy

wonder what they have to hide?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. They are, errrrrrr, deplorable./nt

[GP6971]

3. Too many things to count I'm sure. n/t

[Solly Mack]

4. They are not going to put the country's interests before their own.

That's a given. Sadly, they'll get away with it too.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. And they need to be called out on that. Continuously.

[Solly Mack]

10. I'd prefer they be held accountable.

And by accountable, I mean actual charges brought for abuse of office, bribery, extortion, and any number of charges that can be brought to bear.

Government officials that abuse the power of their office for personal gain should be jailed.

That's what should happen to them. It won't happen - but that's what should happen.

[Crunchy Frog]

11. Yes it should. We can only do what we are able to do.

It's better than doing nothing at all.

[Dustlawyer]

14. +1!!!

Where is a good U.S. Attorney when you need one? There is enough work with Trump and his nominees to keep all U.S. Attorneys busy for decades!

[uponit7771]

13. +1

[Freethinker65]

5. If the Senate holds hearings and confirmation votes before receiving ethics paperwork

Senators voting for the nominees will have violated due diligence. That can and should be used against those Senators should issues later arise. There is no need to rush the appointments. The GOP has more than enough votes to confirm each horrendous appointment.

[mcar]

6. Thank you Sen Warren!

These "values" Republicans have anything but.

[gulliver]

8. Liberal/progressive voters let Warren down, but she keeps fighting

Imagine if liberal/progressive voters had done their civic duty and voted 100%. Warren's job would be a lot easer with Clinton in the White House.

The election has consequences. Putin divided, dismayed, and conquered our side. Some of our voters didn't do their jobs. It's their job to become inspired, not the candidate's job to be inspiring.

[brer cat]

17. +1000 nt

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Raw Story article: Warren: No confirmation hearings for Trump appointees until they're vetted...

Warren: No confirmation hearings for Trump appointees until they’re vetted for conflicts of interest

Sen. Elizabeth Warren threw down the gauntlet to the Trump transition team on Saturday when she called for a moratorium on confirmation hearings for his cabinet appointees until they can be thoroughly screened for conflicts of interest.

TheHill.com reported Saturday evening that Warren made the declaration on Twitter, writing, “Cabinet officials must put our country’s interests before their own. No [confirmation] hearings should be held until we’re certain that’s the case.”

Elizabeth Warren ✔ @SenWarren
Cabinet officials must put our country's interests before their own. No conf hearings should be held until we’re certain that’s the case.
4:29 PM - 7 Jan 2017
3,284 3,284 Retweets 9,023 9,023 likes

She was responding to a letter from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) expressing grave concern that confirmation hearings will take place before it has a chance to screen nominees for ethical conflicts.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/warren-no-confirmation-hearings-for-trump-appointees-until-theyre-vetted-for-conflicts-of-interest/

[mopinko]

12. we need to be placing holds.

like they do. only have the whole fucking dem caucus all put holds.

[bdamomma]

15. Calls have to made by us

to drive our Reps and Senators crazy to show our contempt for this. The fascists are trying steamroll their agenda without any rules.

We need to hit back hard no matter what.

[Cha]

16. KICK