This kind of questioning and scrutiny is way out of line.
The intended message is that public officials need to hold liberal beliefs if they expect to receive senate approval.
Imagine if a conservative senator (a rarity) grilled democrat nominees on LGBT issues or asked if they are communists, anti-gun, anti-Chrisitan or supporters of sharia and muslim No-Go zones.
“This kind of questioning and scrutiny is way out of line.”
I agree. What does this have to do with the Secretary of State?
No kidding, it’s ludicrous.
But Booker thinks he’ll be the next Obama and has a tendency for dramatic, angry outbursts that will get him into the news highlights.
“This kind of questioning and scrutiny is way out of line. The intended message is that public officials need to hold liberal beliefs if they expect to receive senate approval.”
Booker should be censured by the Senate for asking such questions about “Do you believe...” because this is a clear violation of the Constitution, Article VI, Section 3, which states: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” End of story.
He could have asked whether he would have difficulty supervising homosexuals or would in any way would sexual orientation affect promotability... - but his question was about a candidate for an Executive Office’s belief that ultimately is formed by one’s faith (well, even an atheist could come to a logical conclusion about normalcy and deviation from the norm, and ultimately what is a “perversion”).
But what Booker did is beyond the pale - he questioned a man’s beliefs, he was unconstitutionally placing a religious Test on qualifying for an Office. Pompeo has demonstrated he does not discriminate based on his personal belief, that is the only thing that would have been open for consideration.