After the vote, Trump threatened the senators with primary challenges, according to people with knowledge of the calls.

Hours after the Senate voted to advance the war powers resolution rebuking the White House’s current and future actions in Venezuela, Donald Trump placed “angry” calls to each of the 5 Republicans who crossed the aisle, according to people with knowledge of the calls.

Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Susan Collins, R-Maine; and Todd Young, R-Ind., voted with Democrats to require the administration to get congressional approval for future military action in Venezuela.

Thursday’s vote was a procedural motion, and it advances the legislation to a full Senate vote that will require a simple majority.

Soon after the vote, Trump threatened each senator with primary challenges, vowing to unseat them, the people said.

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      *Crumples paper next to phone* “Sorry sir, you’re breaking up. Sir? Sir?” *disconnects*

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      You think he’s a bitch? Wait until you see the Republicans piss their pants and completely shoot down this shit when it comes back after the inevitable veto. Assuming it makes it that far.

      Whole party of fascist pussies.

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    It’s a good thing he’s doing this, and the harder he comes down on them the better

    Just like with Greene, it takes them directly experiencing it to learn that prior loyalty counts for nothing, so if you ever oppose anything they will ever do, you’re just as bad as someone who opposed them the whole time.

    The sooner they learn it, the better everyone else is.

    At the very least, some will resign because they’re cowards.

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    The fucked up thing is, that all senators pretty much have fuck you money, so even losing their job would mean nothing to them, and yet they chose to lick orange balls

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    He sounds really angry. He should be careful, if he gets too upset he may end up getting a heart attack or a stroke due to stress. That would be a shame…

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        Hey big guy. Crying. The sun is getting real low she said. She said to him. She. Crying. The sun. The sun is getting really low. You could touch it because it was low like that. They always tell you not to look into the sun. Crying. But you know what He does? He looks on! Because he’s got tears in his eyes. Real real low. Good on both sides. I see good in all of them. …

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    Murkowski and Collins will always fold. Hawley will act tough, then fold. No idea about Young. Oddly enough, probably the most principled one here is Rand.

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      Hawley will act tough, then fold.

      His idea of tough seems to be exactly what happened on the day of conservative terrorism at the Capitol - J6.

      At the start of the day, he raises a fist in solidarity to all the redcap brainstems out to overturn a free and fair election that Donvict is such a little baby about.

      Cut to: later, in the day, he’s caught on camera in a full sprint, in fear of getting lynched by his own fucking mob.