Senator Dan Sullivan rose to request a voice vote to promote the 5th Fleet naval commander who would be in charge of the two carrier strike groups in the Middle East. Easy peasy, right? I mean, there's a war going on over there, right? And it's important to put him in charge, right?

Tuberville said he'd be okay with senators calling up pending military nominations individually, so that's what the republicans did tonight, just what Tuberville asked, first bringing up this naval commander.

Tuberville objected.

Republicans are pissed.

This has become a national security issue (and a 2024 election commercial for democrats) and senator Lindsey Graham said they are going to request voice votes individually on all 376 pending military nominations being blocked by Tuberville.

Well, Tuberville is one of the dumbest guys in the Senate. He's the guy who said the three branches of government are "the House, the Senate, and the Executive".