The Confirmation Wars

American Thinker ^ | 20 Nov, 2024 | J. Robert Smith

[MtnClimber]

Getting Trump’s nominees confirmed will be a fireworks spectacular.

If you know anything about Washington, D.C., you know that lying and backstabbing are routine. Your enemies lie, and, often, your friends lie -- or those you assume are friends. In Washington, hidden motives are a given. Sleight of hand is a card shark’s trick perfected in D.C.

When it comes to confirming Matt Gaetz as attorney general, Pete Hegseth as DoJ chief, Tulsi Gabbard as national security director, Kristi Noem at Homeland Security, and John Ratcliffe at CIA, it’s a given that hyperpartisan Democrats are going to fight their nominations. That’s as sure as it gets. But then there are establishment Republicans and pliable conservatives with hidden agendas, too. They have reasons to see Trump fail.

Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk will head the “Department of Government Efficiency” or DOGE. DOGE is meant to swoop in to compel swift and dramatic overhaul of executive departments and agencies. That includes slashing Uncle Sam’s workforce in the tens of thousands.

Said Ramaswamy to Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo:

"The people who we elect to run the government -- they're NOT the ones who actually run the government. It's the unelected bureaucrats in the administrative state -- that was CREATED through executive action... it's gonna be FIXED through executive action."

Part of DOGE’s success hinges on Trump having his nominees confirmed. Ideally, they’ll be in place to work hand-in-glove with Ramaswamy and Musk.

The nominees mentioned are particularly critical (the FBI nomination is vacant as of this writing). Law, defense, and security and intelligence portfolios are the muscle and sinew of big government and underpin the incipient tyranny we’ve experienced for four long years. It’s imperative to overhaul those key departments and agencies. Forever wars and military adventurism need to end...

[MtnClimber]

Biden’s tranny nominees got confirmed. The Republicans need to take fighting lessons.

[MtnClimber]

If Senate Republicans cannot push through the confirmation of Matt Gaetz as attorney general & Kash Patel as FBI director, President Trump should sign an executive order to eliminate the FBI by rescinding the EO that created it.

[HYPOCRACY]

The pussies in the Senate think they’re up for a fight with Trump? Rotsa Ruck Rosers.

[MayflowerMadam]

“If Senate Republicans cannot push through the confirmation of Matt Gaetz as attorney general & Kash Patel as FBI director, President Trump should sign an executive order to eliminate the FBI by rescinding the EO that created it.”

Add Senate Democrats to that. (And it’s a GREAT idea.)

[MayflowerMadam]

“The Republicans need to take fighting lessons.”

The Republicans need to learn to WANT to win; most don’t care now. A few like MTG, yes. But the older ones just want to laze around and skate while collecting paychecks.

[sasquatch]

Here I thought Hegseth was up or Sec of Defense.

[MtnClimber]

Here I thought Hegseth was up or Sec of Defense.

You are right. The author made a mistake and the editors did not catch it.

[sauropod]

UNPRINTABLE!

[T-Bird45]

“The author made a mistake and the editors did not catch it.”

Editors at a puffed-up curated collection of bloggers??? LMAO - you’ve been around long enough to know those are no more real than unicorns. A competent old-time editor could wear out a blue pencil every day just on AT & Town Hall.

[Georgia Girl 2]

He is up for DOD

[Paul R.]

The hearings are going to be interesting. Gaetz is smart and a real “warrior” type, but, his legal knowledge has gaps. For example, when he was questioning Special Prosecutor Durham at a hearing, Gaetz asked why one of the targets to be investigated, residing in a foreign country, was not served with a subpoena. Durham correctly replied, implying Gaetz should know it, that such a subpoena cannot be served in a foreign country. Point scored for Durham - even I know that, and I’m no legal beagle.