Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, three of President Trump’s high-profile picks, on Thursday will make their cases for confirmation.
Key appointees of United States President Donald Trump to major positions in government, including Tulsi Gabbard and Kashyap Patel, face Senate hearings on Thursday to approve their appointments. On Wednesday, Robert F Kennedy Jr faced a barrage of questions during a contentious Senate hearing on his nomination to be Trump’s health secretary.
The Washington Examiner’s Byron York suggested President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, has a better chance at getting confirmed than other nominees, citing how Patel has been an ally to Trump and the Republican Party.
Gabbard, a military combat veteran and former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate, was tapped by Trump to be director of national intelligence. Olivier last month handicapped her as an “uphill climb” to get confirmed, and more recent developments likely wouldn’t change that rating.
Kennedy has repeatedly questioned the efficacy and even safety of vaccines touted by most doctors as medical miracles responsible for saving tens of million lives globally.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are expected to be grilled by senators during their confirmation hearings.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health and human services secretary has stalled as Senate Democrats and Republicans take issue with his views.
If you thought the Pete Hegseth confirmation battle was worthwhile entertainment, wait until Democrats are calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a science denier and Tulsi Gabbard a Russian asset. Cue the fireworks.
The Republican Party of 2025 is now the political home of dissent, challenge, and hope that a system as broken as ours can be fixed. These are the disrupter DNI, HHS and FBI picks chosen by our disrupter president, Donald J. Trump. Now let’s see what the new “Hope and Change” party might do.