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8. Here are their statements (not all made them)
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 12:58 PM
Feb 2021

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has released a statement claiming that environmentalism is the real problem here.


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Roger Marshall (R-KS) has released a statement claiming Pete is not qualified despite voting for Betsy DeVos and Ben Carson.
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Rick Scott (R-FL) has released a statement arguing that the gas tax is too high despite it not raising since 1993.
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James Lankford (R-OK) had a spokesperson suggest Pete was not qualified despite his own record of naivety. https://www.google.com/amp/s/oklahoman.com/article/5681569/oklahoma-senators-split-on-buttigieg-confirmation/amp

Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tim Scott (R-SC), Richard Shelby (R-AL), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) were too cowardly to declare their bald and blatant homophobia.

Josh Hawley (R-MO) has gone out of his way to vote against all of Biden's nominees. https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/02/02/josh-hawley-has-voted-against-all-biden-cabinet-nominees-so-far-heres-what-that-means/

These thirteen Senators are also noted as some of the most anti-LGBTQIA+ Congresspeople, most of whom will be running for president in 2024. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/02/13-mostly-antigay-senators-who-voted-against-sec-pete-buttigieg%3famp

(Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pete_Buttigieg/comments/lb8g51/the_senators_who_voted_against_pete/ )

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