Posted on 02/13/2025 9:15:24 AM PST by CFW
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the pick of President Donald Trump ally Kash Patel to lead the FBI on a party-line vote Thursday, setting up a final confirmation vote on the Senate floor as early as next week.
Patel, who served in the first Trump administration and had branded himself a crusader against the “Deep State” and Trump’s enemies in the media, would lead the federal law enforcement agency.
The committee voted 12-10 to advance Patel’s nomination to the Senate floor. Democrats remain powerless to block his confirmation without help from Republicans, who have a 53-seat majority.
Republicans at the committee meeting defended Patel’s record and approach to making changes at the agency, and downplayed Democratic criticism of Patel’s partisanship.
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Democrats have long criticized Patel as too partisan to lead the nation’s premier law enforcement agency. Ranking member Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said Patel is a partisan actor who does have an enemies list.
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Prayers for KASH!!
They ran out of tricks to stop a vote.
Well the democrats can count on brain dead mitch.
..as early as next week...”
WTH? why not tomorrow?
Why wait until next week? Vote for closure and let the 30 hour democrat whine fest begin.
Good.
As if you don't, sir!!
...as early as next week...
Yep. But, at least he has been voted out of committee. That was the delay I was worried about. A defector there would have been a disaster.
A full Senate vote may have been delayed until next week because JD Vance is out of the country. This confirmation is going to be the hardest of all to get confirmed and the VP’s vote may be needed. It is probably better to wait until he is available.
The high-pitched screeching against Kash by the Democrats in the committee was hilarious in its hypocrisy. Doomsaying about “weaponizing the agency.” High comedy.
You’re right. I’m too impatient for my own good.
This will be Trump’s MOST IMPACTFUL appointment.
The Dems know that.
And they are scared.
And they will be more scared after they lawyer up and find out was exactly what criminal culpability is hanging over their heads.
Meanwhile, Brooke Rollins has just been confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture.
Durbin is a commie in a suit and tie. He says that Patel is a partisan and loyal to the President as if that is a bad thing.
For sure Kash is the biggest one for me. The rats know it and MSM knows it. I think once he’s in we are really going to see something.
She’s a complete unknown to me, but I trust Trump.
They seem to hate Patel more than the others. That’s a good sign.
Yet with the likes of Obama or Biden, it doesn’t matter how far out there the nominee is, Republicans go along to get along.
They just never learn.
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