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