Senator Mark Warner: Sick and tired of Republican Senators coming to me privately saying, "Mark, keep speaking up...

[demmiblue]

Sick and tired of Republican Senators coming to me privately saying, “Mark, keep speaking up, you’re our conscience.”

I don’t want to be their damn conscience.

I want them to vote their conscience.

— Senator Mark Warner (@markwarner.bsky.social) 2025-07-01T10:24:26.958Z

Damn straight!

[LonePirate]

1. Warner needs to name these Senators or else it's all bullshit and I don't believe him.

[dem4decades]

3. Democrats respect the old Senate rules while Republicans have no rules.

[sop]

4. As they say on the interwebs, "Pics or it didn't happen."

[jaymac]

11. name them

Hear hear! Bravo........name them!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

35. And then what?

The cowards will simply DENY IT.

Will MAGAt denials prove Warner is a liar?

[kerouac2]

2. So many phones, so few recordings.

Name names, play clips.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. He should ALWAYS ask, "Can I quote you on that ?". If the answer is no, don't give them any more time. nt

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. "I want them to vote their conscience."

BBWWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Then you are wasting your time. They have none.

[DENVERPOPS]

45. Exactly

and just by asking that question, it shows the Dem isn't very observant, knowledgeable or reality based,......and has been oblivious to everything for the past 45+ years....

[Aviation Pro]

7. How many goddamn times has he said this?

I think it’s all bullshit.

[sop]

8. Warner wants to be seen by Virginia Republican voters as someone their party will work with and can trust.

He's up for re-election in 2026.

[Magoo48]

10. Sounds like he's chumming, the fish are wary.

[spooky3]

28. I don't think it's bs. I think he and other Ds are desperate to find a way

to break through to at least a few Rs. He is frustrated with D’s lack of power. How can you force people with no shame to feel enough shame to do the right thing?

[Aviation Pro]

30. Name the fucking names then

What loyalty does Warner have to any of these fucking cowards?

[spooky3]

31. What will that accomplish? They will deny it and be pissed off at him.

If naming names would work, I’m sure he would have named them.

I’m sick of anger directed toward Ds when voters failed to give them enough Ds to have majority power. Anger (and phone calls, emails etc.) should be directed at Rs and at their voters and people who did not vote at all.

[ShazzieB]

48. I agree.

I don't know why he'd bother to lie about it. His vote speaks for itself, and the votes of the Republicans are a matter of record as well.

What a bunch of frigging hypocrites. They should shut up and put their votes where their mouths are!

[VTderry]

33. Exactly. Name them and shame them or STFU, Warner.

This bs is his equivalent of Susan Collins' evergreen "concern."

[kacekwl]

9. I know it would be

difficult Sen. Warner but maybe it's time to name names.

[COL Mustard]

12. So glad he's my Senator!

He's the best!

[Pacifist Patriot]

41. As long as nothing horrible happens between now and July 29, he'll be mine too before the month is out!

But I've never experienced a smooth real estate transaction in my life, so I'm not holding my breath. This has been too many months of outrageously stressful hurdles already.

[Ray Bruns]

13. How can they vote with something they don't have?

[Baitball Blogger]

14. This is one of those examples that can tell you if you're in a bad marriage.

Husband: I agree with you, wife, your sister is a terrible, terrible person. She was wrong, you were right. But don't let her know I feel this way or she'll stop liking me too.

[IronLionZion]

15. Republicans will get a conscience when Mexico pays for the wall and tax cuts trickle down

[Hornedfrog2000]

16. Maybe he should retire?

Then someone younger without all the baggage can drop names, because we have nothing to lose, and it is starting to look like nothing to gain either.

[spooky3]

29. What will name dropping accomplish? Will it change R votes? Nt

[MorbidButterflyTat]

40. Three times asked

Zero answers.

Because we all know it will accomplish NOTHING.

[Aepps22]

17. Term Limits and Low Pay

If there were term limits and these politicians got low pay we wouldn’t be here. They won’t speak up because they love the perks and the power the job gives them and they are more afraid to lose those than anything else. They know this bill is wrong but they are too self interested to do the right thing.

[travelingthrulife]

19. I think they should be paid otherwise the best leave, but it should be based on

the actual work they do. If they only work 20 hours in a week they should only be paid for that...like us. Same benefits we get, none of this 'for life' junk.

I think they need to establish an age limit. People are active into their seventies and eighties but that doesn't mean they can handle the job. The hospital I used to work at had to do that because the doctors wanted to keep practicing into their eighties. Age related deficits were noted on some. They kept those that wanted to stay active in a mentorship program for fully active doctors.

[BarbD]

27. Age limits are an excellent idea.

It would force seasoned congressmen to mentor replacements. I know from experience -- at 87 -- that it takes me longer to process information. 70 would be a good idea. Maybe 75.

[DENVERPOPS]

47. Commercial Airline Pilots

have a mandatory retirement age.....it used to be 62...........I don't know about anyone else, but if I am a passenger on an airline, and the plane is having problems, I would rather have an experienced 65 year old, than a 25 YO at the yoke who has maybe 1-2 thousand hours.

I had a friend who United retired when he was 62, and was still sharp as a tack..... He had 36,000 hours with United when they retired him.
He got a small plane of his own, a cessna 210 centurion????? He flew all around the country for decades until he was 95 YO......
Of course he had to have all the continual testing a person needs as a pilot, on a regular basis, medical, skills, etc......which we should subject ALL politicians, of any age to, on a regular basis.....

[ITAL]

23. Term limits maybe

Low pay wouldn't matter -- most of these people were wealthy before getting into politics in the first place.

[LisaM]

25. Then we would only have rich people able to run.

Both my Senators have been in office for quite a while (Murray and Cantwell) and the last thing Washington needs is for them to be pushed out. We would most likely end up with a tech bro or some right-wing sheriff type from Eastern Washington.

[bdamomma]

18. Cowards

all of them.

[PatSeg]

20. That is really pathetic

Could they be anymore cowardly?

[BradBo]

21. That's crazy, these people are lost. America sucks right now.

[Autumn]

22. Those same Senators whining to him will vote for it. Name the fuckers

[JustAnotherGen]

24. He needs to name names

Be the fucking bus that runs them over.

Receipts or it didn't happen.

Krasnov knows better than to place calls to or put pressure on the opposition party. He might as well.go scorched earth and throw these people under the bus.

These are unprecedented times. Might as well tear all sense of decorum down.

By covering for the cowards - they win. They get Krasnov's support in the primary.

[GoCubsGo]

26. Republicans have consciences?

Could've had me fooled. Bunch of sociopaths--every last fucking one of them.

[Hotler]

32. Do more than a sternly worded text. Exspouse them, say their names. Shame them in front of their own. nt

[Bristlecone]

34. I wonder if Mark ever considers that they may be playing him

‘Cause he should know by now that this sort of whisper campaign they involve him in is bullshit.

[Bev54]

36. Just fucking name them!

[stollen]

37. How cowardly of them.

Murkowski is a coward.

[MLAA]

38. Then he needs to follow his own conscience and NAME NAMES in interviews all over the place.

[niyad]

39. Ummmm, Mark??? People who actually HAVE a conscience do not

delegate their duties to others.

[sakabatou]

42. They want to keep their jobs without losing support

Because if they speak badly about the mad king, they'll be voted out, or worse.

[The Roux Comes First]

43. Cowardice is Their Second Superpower!

But I don't want to meet their launderer (apologies to Zevon); all the rub-off fecal matter must be hell to clean off their clothes.

[angrychair]

44. This sounds more like

He is running interference, trying to soften the edges, for his Republican buddies.

There is zero evidence in the public record that any of them have any reservations about any of this. I mean many of them have stated they don't think this bill is harsh enough.

[Hassler]

46. He needs to publicly call out Murkowski

She makes Collins look like a profile in courage.

[Jack Valentino]

50. I want them to HAVE a conscience of their own--- but they mostly don't.

[valleyrogue]

51. He needs to name names.

No vagueness. Put those senators' feet to the fire.

[donheld]

52. He needs to name names

Tell us precisely who is coming to him saying these things.

[RainCaster]

53. Call those motherfuckers out!

They have no balls, morals, scruples or intelligence. So expose them for what they are- useless.

[MaineBlueBear]

54. Looking at you Susan Collins

[malaise]

55. He's neither sick nor tired until he calls out their

names publicly

[Emile]

56. Call them out and name them!

[Oopsie Daisy]

57. I wonder who he's talking about? Who are the chickenshits who want to oppose Trump, but don't?