GOP senator calls for Senate parliamentarian to be fired after ruling against Medicaid cuts

[riversedge]

Source: the hill



by Alexander Bolton - 06/26/25 11:06 AM ET

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) on Thursday called for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to fire Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough “ASAP,” hours after she delivered a major ruling against a Republican proposal to slash hundreds of billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending to help pay for President Trump’s tax agenda.

The parliamentarian also ruled against provisions to prohibit federal funding of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for adults or kids whose immigration status cannot be immediately verified and to lower federal Medicaid funding for states that provide Medicaid coverage to immigrants in the country illegally.

“The WOKE Senate Parliamentarian, who was appointed by Harry Reid and advised Al Gore, just STRUCK DOWN a provision BANNING illegals from stealing Medicaid from American citizens. This is a perfect example of why Americans hate THE SWAMP,” Tuberville posted on the social platform X.

“Unelected bureaucrats think they know better than U.S. Congressmen who are elected BY THE PEOPLE. Her job is not to push a woke agenda. THE SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN SHOULD BE FIRED ASAP,” he said.......................




Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5371057-tuberville-senate-parliamentarian-medicaid/

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Leave it to the didshit Tuberville to say stupid things.

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[Diamond_Dog]

1. I saw the headline and thought for sure it had to be that lunkhead Tooberville!

Although there quite a few of them equally as despicable.

[BlueMTexpat]

3. Truly a POS!

But then, ALL GOPers ARE!

[11 Bravo]

6. But NO ONE else is as downright stupid!

[Chipper Chat]

28. Me too.

#1 dumbass senator.

[2naSalit]

2. Gee...

I'm so surprised.

[mwooldri]

4. It's as if he doesn't know.....

... that the US Senate can overrule the parliamentarian.

[11 Bravo]

5. Ron Johnson is praying that this motherfucker rethinks his plan not to run for re-election.

RoJo has no desire to go back to being the "Dumbest Individual in the Senate".

[riversedge]

7. Ron Johnson is my Senator--a selfish creep IMHO

[33taw]

13. I am embarrassed that he represents me.

[lonely bird]

19. Well...

In Ohio-bama we have Husted and Bernie “The Wage Thief” Moreno.

Damn, Republicans are arrogant and ignorant.

[AZJonnie]

8. These fascist GQP FUCKS will stop at nothing short of their Orange Jesus achieving absolute, unchecked power

Wait until they find out this means that their own jobs are fucking irrelevant at that point, and Trump orders the Congress disbanded entirely.

[generalbetrayus]

9. Another football player who played too many times without a helmet.

From Wikipeadia: He attended Southern State College (now Southern Arkansas University), where he lettered in football as a safety for the Muleriders.

[Efilroft Sul]

10. Tuberville added, "This is America! We have an elected Congress, not a woke Parliament! We need a congressarian!"*

* Not really, but he probably thought it before a staffer corrected him.

[Hekate]

11. I'm surprised she's lasted this long

[sakabatou]

12. "How dare he not bend his knee to our Dear Leader!"

[riversedge]

14. 🚨ANOTHER UPDATE TEXAS REP. DAN CRENSHAW has called for the dismissal of the Senate's parliamentarian.

The Republican stupidity is spreading.



🚨ANOTHER UPDATE

TEXAS REP. DAN CRENSHAW has called for the dismissal of the Senate's parliamentarian.

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[Marthe48]

15. Who had death panels?

Please remind me.

>sarcasm<

[Abstractartist]

16. Yup... see my previous post.... It's going to happen I think

[patphil]

17. Unelected bureaucrats think they know better than U.S. Congressmen who are elected BY THE PEOPLE

In this case, yes, she does know better.
This budget reconciliation bill is jam packed with stuff that doesn't belong there. Her job is to allow for an easy way to purge that stuff prior to a vote.
She's not pushing a "woke" agenda, she's seeing to it that the bill follows the rules for such a bill.
Republicans don't like that...well too bad.
This bill is 1116 pages long; far too big for most members of Congress to actually review (yeah, I know, it's their job). So, someone has to look at it with a critical, non-partisan view. Thus the Senate Parliamentarian gets to do that job.
Unfortunately the bill stinks, but Senator Tuberville likes it like that. As long as it smells good for Republicans.
I'll let you decide what that smell really is.

[bluestarone]

18. Fire this fucker along with the one's that really NEED to be fired

ALL THE RETHUGS!!

[johnnyfins]

20. Where is Rand Paul's neighbor when you need him?

[Karasu]

21. ...Or maybe we should ban unrelated provisions from being attached to legislation, ESPECIALLY budget bills.

This shouldn't be something that ONLY happens in this fucking country if you're passing a bill with reconciliation.

Fuck the entire fucking GOP. This is where decades of their poison pilling in Congress has brought us.

Absolute fascist insanity.

[4catsmom]

22. Following the law is 'woke'

to Tommy 'Alabama Hot Pocket' Tuberville

[republianmushroom]

23. Those are the rule A-O.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Grow the fuck up Tuberville

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You didn't get to fire the ref when you lost a football game and you don't get to fire the parliamentarian.

[aggiesal]

25. That's novel. If I don't like the result or decision, I'll just have the referee, umpire, judge fired ...

and replace them with someone that will side with ME!

[MichMan]

26. I recall quite a few here wanting to do the same thing last year

When they ruled against the ratification of the ERA

[bucolic_frolic]

27. MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY every day /nt

[niyad]

29. Can't we just fire him instead?

[PJMcK]

30. Tuberville needs to stuff a jock strap in his stupid mouth

He is one of the most ignorant and stupid assholes to ever serve in the Senate..

And that is saying something!

[Janbdwl72]

31. So the worst, least intelligent and poorest informed member of the Senate wants to see Medicaid cuts?

Good riddance to him after his term is over. Hopefully, Alabama voters will be smart enough not to elect him Governor.

He needs to just retire and sail off into the sunset. Give hard working Americans a break!

His stupidity and the cowardice of his fellow Republican Senators cost many deserving members of the military pay raises for a long period of time, before something was finally done.

[Ray Bruns]

32. I was figuring it was Tuberville, Lee, or Johnson.

[rickford66]

33. Ex-Football "coach" suggests moving the goalposts on offense.

[tinrobot]

34. He faces an election next year. Hang this stink around his neck.

[Martin68]

35. Hurry up and replace him with a MAGAt incompetent.

[Janbdwl72]

36. Does anyone know who is running against him for Alabama Governor?

Almost any Republican would be an improvement over Tuberville. I hope he leaves the world of elective politics very quickly.

Alabama voters did themselves a serious disservice by sending him to the Senate.

Thankfully, his six year reign of terror and stupidity is coming to an end pretty soon.