Posted on 07/23/2019 2:05:51 PM PDT by Steve1999
The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm former defense industry lobbyist Mark Esper as secretary of defense after months without a permanent replacement. The confirmation vote was 90-8 and he will be sworn in by the end of the day, ending the time without a permanent leader, as Esper was formally working as the acting Defense Secretary. Esper will replace former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who retired at the end of February after two years on the job.
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The confirmation vote was 90-8
Swamp creature.
They are all swamp creatures
Any pick that gets more 1 or 2 rats is bad pick, period. Bank it. I don’t even have to look at this guys background to know it’s another mistake.
I know very little about this guy.
Voting Nay:
1. Booker (Socialist, New Jersey)
2. Gillibrand (Socialist, New York)
3. Harris (Communist, California)
4. Klobuchar (Socialist, Minnesota)
5. Markey (Socialist, Massachusetts)
6. Merkley (Socialist, Oregon)
7. Warren (Communist, Massachusetts)
8. Wyden(Socialist, Oregon)
Five of the about eight are running for the Demon-Crap nomination for President of the United States of America.
Not Voting:
1. Isakson (Republican, Georgia) who is in the hospital.
2. Sanders (Communist, Vermont) who is running for the Demon-Crap nomination for President of the United States of America and who could not be bothered to do his current job.
He did nothing to clean out the Obama left wing social experiments in the Army. Nor will he clean up the whole Defense Dept. More of the same.
Whom did you hope Trump would nominate for secretary of defense? I hoped he’d nominate Dirk Kempthorne, because of his experience as a cabinet member, senator, and governor. While he was a senator, he was in the Senate Armed Services Committee.
I don’t know but all the Rats voted for Esper. Sorry but that screams bad pick to me.
You don’t need to be sorry. I agree with you.
“Whom did you hope Trump would nominate for secretary of defense?”
I hadn’t come to any conclusion in that regard. No one has jumped out at me as being especially noteworthy.
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