President-elect Trump is using pressure tactics and the threat of primaries to ensure Republican senators confirm his Cabinet nominees. Senators who oppose his picks risk facing backlash from Trump and his allies, as seen with Senator Joni Ernst who questioned Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Department of Defense.
That’s according to one Republican senator who likened the public pressure the president-elect is putting on members of Congress to confirm his Cabinet nominees next year to Santa Claus handing out lumps of coal to misbehaving children.
One Republican senator, Joni Erst of Iowa, learned this the hard way.
She doesn’t face reelection until 2028, and the last time she did, in 2022, she survived a Trump-backed challenger thanks to substantial support from independents in Alaska. She has expressed concerns with several of Trump’s nominees, including Hegseth and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been tapped to lead the Health and Human Services Department.Collins is another moderate Republican who has expressed concerns with some of Trump’s nominees.
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