The Federalist By: Beth Brelje
Tone deaf and powerless, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee ran out of stall tactics and finally had to submit to a vote Thursday on the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel.
“We have a pretty good idea of what the outcome will be today, and I am appalled that my Republican colleagues are prepared to confirm a man so publicly hostile to the agency, its people, its goals, its mission, that he intends to lead,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said.
Yes Dick, we all did. Last week. When Democrats delayed the vote for a week, and again Thursday morning when Democrats forced two more hours of pointless rehashing of last week’s discussion.
The committee voted along party lines, Republicans 12 and Democrats 10, to advance Patel to the Senate floor for full confirmation.
Democrats never had the votes to block Patel, so they spent time smearing his reputation.
Patel is “extremely dangerous” because of “all of his wild MAGA behavior,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., warned.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., called Patel an “inexperienced loyalist.”
“This agency should be above politics,” Durbin said, while making it all about politics. “I will not be surprised when my Republican colleagues again claim that the Democrats have weaponized the FBI.”
Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said the American people are tired of two tiers of justice…
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