When Tommy Tuberville joined the U. S. Senate, he famously failed in an interview to name the three branches of the federal government. It wasn’t a gotcha journalism ambush, but a softball question about whether Democrats and Republicans could work together.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a staunch ally of President-elect Trump, warned his Republican colleagues Wednesday that “we’re gonna try to get you out of the Senate” if they vote against

“Vote with President Trump,” Tuberville warned his GOP colleagues. “This is the last chance we’re going to have of saving this country, and if you want to get in the way, fine, but we’re going to try to get you out of the Senate too if you do that.”