It’s long past the time to “fire” the “woke Senate parliamentarian” installed by late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., more than a decade ago, according to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

“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,” Tuberville wrote in a scathing rebuke Thursday on X, referring to Elizabeth MacDonough, who was installed as a leftist power-holder during the Obama administration in the era that established Obamacare healthcare giveaways. “This is a perfect example of why Americans hate the sweep.

“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.”

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