[EinNYC]

Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Rand Paul of Kentucky were the three who voted against confirming Mr. Blinken. Linda Graham was his traitorous two-faced piece of excrement self.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Linda Graham was his traitorous two-faced piece of excrement self.”

On War Room, Navarro is ripping Miss Lindsey a new one because of them. Called Graham, “a Democrat in drag”.

[RC one]

Blinken, as well as other Biden transition team members Michele Flournoy, former Pentagon advisor, and Lloyd Austin, nominee for Secretary of Defense, are partners of private equity firm Pine Island Capital Partners, a strategic partner of WestExec. Pine Island's chairman is John Thain, the final chairman of Merrill Lynch before its sale to Bank of America. Blinken went on leave from Pine Island in August 2020 to join the Biden campaign as a senior foreign policy advisor. He said he would divest himself of his equity stake in Pine Island if confirmed for a position in the Biden administration.

During the final stretch of Biden's presidential campaign, Pine Island raised $218 million for a Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), a public offering to invest in "defense, government service and aerospace industries" and COVID-19 relief, which the firm's prospectus (initially filed with the U.S. SEC in September and finalized on November 13, 2020) predicted would be profitable as the government looked to private contractors to address the pandemic. Thain said he chose the other partners because of their "access, network and expertise".

In a December 2020 New York Times article raising questions about potential conflicts of interest between WestExec principals, Pine Island advisors, including Blinken, and service in the Biden administration, critics called for full disclosure of all WestExec/Pine Island financial relationships, divestiture of ownership stakes in companies bidding on government contracts or enjoying existing contracts, and assurances that Blinken and others recuse themselves from decisions that might advantage their previous clients.

is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. As of 2020, Blinken is a global affairs analyst for CNN.

[WashingtonSource]

That is so absurd only three voted against. He should have been rejected. The GOP is the Stupid Party on steroids.

[MGunny]

Bravo to Senator Paul. He has really come through, as of recent. Especially with this impeachment charade! Mitch and the rest of the traitors! You Are Done!!!!!