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Dulcinea

(7,548 posts)
Mon Nov 25, 2024, 07:45 AM Nov 25

Senators bracing for confirmation battles over unorthodox Trump Cabinet picks

(CNN) Republicans avoided a confirmation firestorm when former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration as attorney general, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill are already bracing for how they’ll navigate the next slew of unorthodox Donald Trump picks — and they have warned the president-elect’s choice to lead the Pentagon, who faces controversy over his past comments and history, that the confirmation process is a long and invasive process.

Some of Trump’s Cabinet selections, including Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, and Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence, could force Republicans to choose between their allegiance to Trump and their growing concerns that some of his nominees might not be up for the job or might not be possible to confirm in a narrowly controlled Senate.

Hegseth on Thursday huddled with a handful of Republican senators, many of them seen as close allies of Trump, for a series of meetings. Lawmakers who emerged included Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, who called it “a great meeting,” and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, who called Hegseth “very qualified to do the job.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/24/politics/hegseth-trump-confirmation-battles-tulsi-gabbard-rfk/index.html

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Senators bracing for confirmation battles over unorthodox Trump Cabinet picks (Original Post) Dulcinea Nov 25 OP
I think RFK, Tulse, and Pete are out. jimfields33 Nov 25 #1
It will only take four Republican senators to stand up to Trump and scuttle his attempted takeover of America. sop Nov 25 #2
There aren't that many who will defy him. lees1975 Nov 25 #8
"unorthodox" orangecrush Nov 25 #3
I was thinking the same thing. Talk about your understatement of the century. Ray Bruns Nov 25 #4
Unorthodox is the New Batshit Crazy nt Geechie Nov 25 #5
"Unorthodox"? meow2u3 Nov 25 #6
And even now... karin_sj Nov 25 #7

jimfields33

(19,214 posts)
1. I think RFK, Tulse, and Pete are out.
Mon Nov 25, 2024, 07:58 AM
Nov 25

The rest probably slide in. Dr. Oz won’t make it if he needs confirmation. I’m not sure if he does.

sop

(11,393 posts)
2. It will only take four Republican senators to stand up to Trump and scuttle his attempted takeover of America.
Mon Nov 25, 2024, 08:03 AM
Nov 25

These confirmation hearing will be interesting.

meow2u3

(24,931 posts)
6. "Unorthodox"?
Mon Nov 25, 2024, 04:51 PM
Nov 25

Isn't "unorthodox" just an anodyne way of saying Trump's cabinet picks are off their rockers?

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