Tulsi Gabbard is confirmed as head of intelligence
All the Republicans in the Senate voted yes, except their former leader Mitch McConnell.
Interesting.
With the coordinated and persuasive assistance of Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Vice President JD Vance, crucial senators who had lingering concerns about Gabbard were convinced to back her in the crucial committee vote last week, including Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Todd Young, R-Ind.
Her success came despite the impassioned plea of Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., and Democrats, who all opposed Trump’s DNI pick.
I don’t think that there’s any love lost between the Democrats and Gabbard since her defection from the party and support of Trump. As for McConnell, here’s what he said:
The Kentucky lawmaker flagged Gabbard’s refusal to label Snowden a “traitor” as a serious concern.
“Edward Snowden’s treasonous betrayal of the United States and its most sensitive lawful intelligence activities endangered sources, methods and lives,” he said in a statement after the vote.
He also denounced Russia’s “unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine” as something that threatens American interests and is “solely the responsibility for Vladimir Putin.”
“Entrusting the coordination of the intelligence community to someone who struggles to acknowledge these facts is an unnecessary risk,” he said.
McConnell questioned Gabbard’s evolving views on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes expanded surveillance that accounts for 60 percent of the intelligence in the president’s daily briefing.
Gabbard introduced legislation to repeal FISA’s Section 702 when she served in the House, but she said ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing it had been fixed and called it a “vital” national security tool.
Cocaine Mitch is a petty old man who should have retired years ago.
Again, it tells you something unhappy about the Senate Republican caucus that this greasy crook was in charge of it for 18 years. Very few party floor leaders are so enduring. (Sam Rayburn, John McCormack, Joseph W. Martin, and Nancy Pelosi are the only ones whose tenure exceeded his. All were House bosses. Martin was forcibly bounced as House Republican leader in 1959 after 20 years in the position).
Tulsi confirmed, lolololololo!
The Democrats treat Gabbard as a Apostate!
I think she will do great. She will do what Trumps wants her to do. Kick Arse and Take Names. And fire a lot of them
I don’t care much for McConnell, aside from him confirming Republican judges and blocking Garland from SCOTUS, but I also have reservations about Gabbard.
How is Edward Snowden not a traitor, after leaking classified info and then fleeing to China and Russia?
Sundance wrote that supporting FISA’s Section 702 was required by Republicans to support her confirmation, but he says it is very bad because it authorizes spying on USA citizens.
She also seems too far Left for a extremely important post in a Republican administration, and her Hindu religion concerns me.
On the other hand, Trump is very impressed with her; I hope she is worthy of that trust.
Video of her swearing-in ceremony, with remarks from Trump: https://youtu.be/7QAmmtBHVMo
PS The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.
Then the Times the Post the Journal the Guardian USA Today are all parties to the treason see how that works
The left’s derangement :
Trump – He is either Hitler or Working for Putin or somehow both. And he is working for China.
Musk – He is running the government. Nevermind that Putin is running the government.
Tulsi – She doesn’t know anything and what she does know she will give to Putin.
All the talk about a woman President and isn’t it sweet that woman could very well be a conservative. (Dax, I don’t think she’s that “far left” from Trump), And a woman of color to boot! I love the idea of a woman President and hope to get the chance to vote for her.