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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:43 PM Monday

The 9 GOP senators who could derail Trump's Cabinet picks

Multiple Republican senators are looming as potential obstacles to President-elect Trump’s controversial Cabinet picks, especially his two most polarizing choices: former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Trump has had a rocky relationship in the past with a handful of Republicans senators who won’t likely give him the same deference as loyal allies such as Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who last week called on his GOP colleagues to “get out of the way” and approve Trump’s nominees.

Trump can afford three defections within the Senate GOP conference and still get his picks confirmed.

But four Republican senators would be enough to sink any of his nominees, and two moderates — Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) — have already voiced deep reservations about Gaetz, who was embroiled in a federal sex trafficking investigation, of leading the Justice Department.

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The 9 GOP senators who could derail Trump's Cabinet picks (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
Susan Collins, ha chicoescuela Monday #1
Won't hold my breath for any of them to do anything kerouac2 Monday #2
Only holdout is Murkoski. Henry203 Monday #3

kerouac2

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2. Won't hold my breath for any of them to do anything
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 02:57 PM
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