After an initial blip that came and left with Matt Gaetz’s shorted-lived nomination for Attorney General, President Donald Trump is pushing his top-level nominees through the Senate with a perfect record despite a ferocious opposition from Democrats.
That winning streak continued this week as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — two ex-Democrats opposed by their former party — won confirmation despite earlier predictions of turbulence.
Kash Patel’s nomination to be the next FBI Director also cleared through committee Thursday and will advance for a full vote to be confirmed.
On a busy Thursday, the Senate also voted 52 to 45 to advance Trump’s pick for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to a final vote while . Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon used her confirmation hearing to argue for ending the position by shutting down the department.
“I’m really all for the President’s mission, which is to return education to the states,” she told senators. […]
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