Gaffney: Rex Tillerson Is ‘Wrong Man for State’

Breitbart ^ | 12/12 | John Hayward

[ErikJohnsky]

Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney, a frequent guest on Breitbart News Daily, has come out strongly against the nomination of Exxon-Mobil chairman Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State. In his own Secure Freedom Minute podcast, Gaffney saw Tillerson’s nomination as President-elect Donald Trump’s first serious misstep, due to his business and personal connections with Russian President Vladimir Putin:

Donald Trump has lined up an impressive array of demonstrably capable people to fill the senior ranks of his administration. His instincts have served him well, until now.

In the face of a political firestorm fanned by reports that the U.S. intelligence community is convinced Vladimir Putin’s Russia interfered in the recent presidential election campaign, Mr. Trump is considering making Exxon-Mobil chairman Rex Tillerson his Secretary of State. While Mr. Tillerson is clearly an extraordinary executive, his business dealings and personal ties with Putin would make him a real liability for the President-elect.

Three Republican Senators – John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio – have already expressed concerns about a Tillerson nomination. That’s enough to sink it. More will doubtless pile on.

At this time especially, Mr. Trump needs a Secretary of State unencumbered by any perceived pro-Kremlin alignment. So does our country.

[ek_hornbeck]

Three Republican Senators – John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio – have already expressed concerns about a Tillerson nomination.

As far as I'm concerned, that's basically an endorsement. McCain, Graham, and Rubio have been consistently wrong on foreign policy, trade, and immigration issues. Being globalists, they take the same side on these issues as the Democrats, so it's no wonder they've joined forces with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to block Tillerson.