President Trump's picks for key Cabinet positions, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, are facing opposition from within the Republican Party. Concerns about Gabbard's past criticism of surveillance programs and Kennedy's stance on vaccines are raising questions about their confirmation.
WASHINGTON ― If two of President Donald Trump ’s Cabinet nominees represent the political gains he’s made over the course of his decade in politics, it would be a pair of former Democrats who endorsed him in 2024 and are now up for top jobs in his administration: Tulsi Gabbar d and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“There’s obviously significant questions that we all probably ask in private that will come before the committee,” acknowledged Sen. Shelley Moore Capito , who supports both nominees.Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of national intelligence, arrives on Capitol Hill for a Dec. 18 meeting with Sen. John Cornyn .this week she’s also concerned about Gabbard’s past calls for eliminating the key government surveillance program known as Section 702.
“Richard Burr is going to introduce her, and he’s one of my dearest friends. So we’ll see,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”Since Republicans hold 53 seats in the Senate, with all Democrats voting no, nominees can survive only three Republican defections and still get confirmed.
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