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McConnell on Trump's Nominees So Far: 'I'm Optimistic They'll All Be Confirmed'
Cybercast News Service ^ | December 12, 2016 | 12:06 PM EST | Barbara Hollingsworth

Posted on 12/12/2016 10:00:09 AM PST by Olog-hai

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that he is “optimistic” that all of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees will be confirmed by the Senate during a Monday morning press conference on Capitol Hill.

“I’ve been very impressed with the nominations so far, and we’ll have to wait and see who is nominated for secretary of State, and we’ll obviously treat whoever that is with respect,” McConnell said in response to a reporter’s question about whether he would have any concerns about possible conflicts of interest if Trump nominates ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of the State Department.

“We’ll go through the regular process and respond to questions and we’ll see where it comes out,” the Senate majority leader said. …

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mcconnell; trump; trumpappointments; yertle
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To: Lurkinanloomin; Olog-hai

“McCain, Graham, Rubio, Flake, Hatch, Heller, Hoeven, Alexander, Corker and Murkowsky”

I see you have our TRAITORS properly identified : )


21 posted on 12/13/2016 7:07:44 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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