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All right, let's talk about what's going on with the picks for the cabinet positions under

Donald Trump.

This is a moment where I want to encourage you to start calling your senators and putting

maximum pressure on senators to actually do their damn job and confirm and not screw over

people that they don't like because really it comes down to they don't like

Donald Trump and they don't want to say yes to Donald Trump on every issue.

I put up a list just to remind people of how extreme Republicans have been.

And when I say extreme, I'm saying extremely kind to Democrats and their

nominees compared to what they are now doing right now. And I put this list up on social media on

Facebook. You can follow it there and go look at the list, all right? I hope you'll get the

list and share it around. But this is something that someone posted, and I put it up there

because I think it's a great perspective. It says this, quote, let's let me get this straight.

These 14 active Republican senators voted to confirm Merrick Garland for the Attorney General,

but have concerns about Head Seth, says a lot. Wow. Roy Blunt, Missouri, for example.

Bill Cassidy, Louisiana, Susan Collins, Maine, John Corny, Texas,

Johnny Earst, Ohio, or Iowa, excuse me, Lindsay Graham, South Carolina, Ron Johnson,

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