7 GOP Senators Most Likely To Stand Between Trump And His Dream CabinetHenry Rodgers
Chief National Correspondent
December 05, 2024 3:19 PM ET
It’s not just Senate Democrats who incoming President Donald Trump needs to worry about in order to get his cabinet nominees confirmed. A number of Republicans are dodging questions over some of Trump’s more contentious nominees, throwing into question which of his picks may survive the confirmation process.
The nominees getting the most pushback from inside the Republican tent are Secretary of Defense pick Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence selection Tulsi Gabbard, potential HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel, who Trump chose to run the FBI.
One GOP Senate aide told the Caller those four nominees were the most in jeopardy as things currently stand, potentially because they were the four Trump was more counting on to advance his agenda.
Hegseth is currently facing accusations of sexual assault, which he has adamantly denied and never been charged for. In the weeks since his nomination was announced, liberal media outlets have run numerous stories alleging he has a drinking problem and is too sexually promiscuous. Hegseth has denied the allegations and been backed by other colleagues from his time at Fox News.
Gabbard, a staunch critic of sending military aid to Ukraine, has faced pushback from some Republicans for alleged sympathies with Russia and its allies in the Middle East. Gabbard met with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2017 on a fact-finding mission, and later said she “will never apologize for doing all that I can to prevent more of my brothers and sisters from being sent into harm’s way, to fight counter-productive regime-change wars that make our country less safe, that take more lives, and that cost taxpayers trillions more dollars.”
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