Posted on 12/07/2018 1:41:42 PM PST by jazusamo
President Trumps picks for attorney general and U.N. ambassador have run into immediate opposition from Democrats -- suggesting both nominees could face tough confirmation hearings.
Trump announced Friday morning that he plans to nominate William Barr, the George H.W. Bush-era leader of the Justice Department, as his next attorney general to replace former AG Jeff Sessions. Fox News is told Trump liked the respect Barr commands and the fact that he has earned bipartisan support in the past. If confirmed, he would replace Matthew Whitaker, the former Sessions chief of staff who took over as acting attorney general last month.
He also announced that he has chosen State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to succeed outgoing U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is stepping down from her role in January.
But it is unclear whether either Nauert or Barr will garner bipartisan support given the politically charged environment on the Hill. Barr in particular drew concerned statements from Democrats -- particularly in the shadow of FBI Special Counsel Robert Muellers ongoing Russia probe. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called Barrs pick deeply concerning.
Barr has spent the past two years auditioning for this job by stoking partisan attacks on our nations law enforcement community, and encouraging the President to use the Justice Department as a political weapon to pursue his rivals and undermine investigations into Trump and his familys scandals, she said, before saying Barrs selection was the latest in the Presidents pattern of installing partisan hacks in the highest reaches of our government who will happily do his bidding.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., expressed concern about Barrs expansive views of executive power and partisan statements about pardons, the Mueller investigation and Hillary Clinton.
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Heather Nauert is fantastic!
Tough toenails, Nancy! What, he should nominate someone of whom democrats approve? Lynch and Holder already tried out for the job. Picks like them are what got us into the mess we’re in. Thank GOD it’s the Senate, and not the HOUSE who confirms!
Partisan hacks?
Loretta Lnych and Lois Lerner come to mind.
The Dems are up sh**s creek with this one. They take a risk leaving Whitaker there.
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Also, there is NO way they can ‘tear down’ Barr without dissing all the ‘nice things’ they have been saying about GHWBush.
And, as it has been pointed out, PDT could nominate Pelosi or Schumer for a GOOD position and the LIBs would turn on them.
The Rs that are serious should be taking all these gems the LIBs are spewing out and use them in the next election...
Like the LIBs are wont to say- never let a good crisis go to waste.
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Nancy is in the House, not the Senate.
She should be in the Asylum.
Yep and I’ll add Holder, they don’t come more partisan than them.
The Republicans need to move quickly on Barr — before the Democrats find some liar who climbs he raped her while they were in high school. Or used the N-word in middle school.
EVERY nominee is controversial; contentious and deeply concerning. Screw em.
Not to mention the fact that making them "recess appointments" will trigger a Constitutional Crisis.
So what? GOP has the Senate and no one cares what SanFran Nan says.
The first time I ever saw Heather Nauert on Fox news I was blown away. It is too bad that Google censors out all images of celebrities that are more than a couple of years old.
Impeachable offense for sure.
RATs have no sense of irony.
They don’t have the votes to stop either. No wonder Trump concentrated on the senate seats.
...and Eric Holder.
I can’t say what I’m REALLY thinking since I’m an old-fashioned crone in the twilight of her years but suffice it to say these young women should not dress like this for television or anytime for fear that they might get hit on and we all know how that ends........sigh, I feel better.
Should have performed better in the senate elections dumb dems.
The globalist DC establishment’s ploy of illegal efforts to remove Trump from office while enacting their four walls of attrition just aren’t working. If Trump nominated a pumpkin or a bucket of dirt to fill a position in his cabinet, the commie dems would reject it. I love the tenacity of this President, it’s one of his greatest virtues.
Unexpected!
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Adam,
There is no “Dem Buzzsaw”. There is no blade and if there where, gay blades are worthless.
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