[detective]

Democrats on the panel say if they also vote against the unfavorable recommendation to discharge, then Pompeo will be bottled up in committee and McConnell will have to offer a motion on the floor to discharge him, which is subject to a filibuster and a 60-vote threshold.

[AU72]

A good reason to can the filibuster.

[BenLurkin]

Guess they are unhappy about his American success with NoKo.

[Hostage]

Mitch can go nuclear.

Mitch went nuclear with judges because Dingy Reid set the precedent.

Mitch can set precedent with Presidential appointments.

[robroys woman]

What is wrong with Pompeo? Why do they want to block him?

[frnewsjunkie]

It’s time for Trump to make his own rules
The dems can sink in their own swamp pit. They have done enough .. and the public opinion will be on Trumps side.
The media is miscalculating the public..
Trump can use the constitution and make it serve his purpose.. the left has torn it to pieces.

[CivilWarBrewing]

How do I know for SURE Pompeo is NOT a Deep State HACK?

Take just one look at how the DemonRats are conspiring to stop his appointment as Secretary of State. THAT'S how I know.

[Midwesterner53]

The hate his Christianity.

[drypowder]

Clearly this isn’t about Pompao, it’s about the Democrats and the DC establishment’s hatred of the nonestablishment Trump and working to make him a failed president.

[scottinoc]

Mitch better make us proud. If he doesn’t, the fix is in and the Republicans can go pound sand.

[usconservative]

Two words: NUCLEAR OPTION.

In the Senate that is. :-)

[Wuli]

They want THEIR staff at State to be able to keep running things without interference from a Trump appointee.

[marron]

If they won’t approve him as SecState, he is still head of CIA. Trump can just use him as defacto SecState. As he racks up successes it will at some point become too much of an embarrassment to the Dems and they’ll have to concede reality.

Until them, ignore them. Let Pompeo continue to act as head of State. If anyone doesn’t obey him, Trump can fire them.

[ETCM]

The Dems can't do this by themselves. Being a committee, the chairman can change the rules, as was done with Blue Slips on the Judiciary Committee. So who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee? None other than Bob Corker.

[Revolutionary]

President Trump and Pompeo are both carry a big freaking stick and are ready to use it without the right response from Rocket Man.

President Trump goated Rocket Man into threatening the U.S. with nuclear weapons. Bad move RM. Justification for fire and brimstone.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Let’s see - Pompeo has a secret meeting with the nutjob leader of North Korea and three weeks later that leader announces that he’s abandoning testing on more missiles and shutting down a main development center, and is willing to discuss abandoning his intentions for a nuclear NoKo - only a Democrat would be stupid enough to try deny the job of Secretary of State to a man with that bit of credentialing.....