Results for: Trump Confirmation Hearings

Here's What We All Know About the Media’s ‘Mistakes’
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2020/01/01/the-truth-about-the-medias-mistakes-n124222
– Over the summer, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’ Donnell claimed that President Trump had loans with Russian co-signers. … If true, that explains every kind word Trump has ever said about Russia and Putin.” … This one failed even more miserably than it did during his confirmation hearings. …
Proposed House Bill Would Make Secret Service Head Go Through Senate Confirmation
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2024/08/05/proposed-house-bi…secret-service-head-go-through-senate-confirmation-n2177757
– As Congress conducts hearings and tries to get to the bottom of the numerous failures by the Secret Service that led to the assassination … But the FBI is leading the investigation into the assassination attempt on Trump. … One familiar name has been floated as a possible FBI Director in a second Trump administration.…
Wednesday Morning Minute
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/09/04/wednesday-morning-minute-n2178896
–  Former President Donald Trump has his town hall event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with Sean Hannity on Fox News Wednesday evening … JD Vance (OH) will be in Mesa, Arizona, for a Turning Point Action event.Full Court Press...Flashback: The confirmation hearings for…
Barack Obama: The Man Behind the Democrats' Biden Dilemma
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2024/07/20/barack-obama-the-man-behind-the-democrats-biden-dilemma-n2177141
– hearings, which angered a good many in the middle and motivated them to either stay home or vote Republican). … Finally, it was his time.Using a basement campaign that hid his well-known flaws and relying on the drama surrounding Trump, Biden … Biden might not have beaten Trump, but he would not have lost those blue collar workers the way Clinton did.…
President Biden's Campaign Woes Increase: Now Joe Manchin Says He Should 'Pass the Torch'
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/07/21/president-bidens-c…rease-now-joe-manchin-says-he-should-pass-the-torch-n2177173
– Also, it's hard to credit Joe Biden, with any compassion given his history starting with the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings … reached this week.It is belaboring the obvious to note that the longer this decision is delayed, the more voters look at Donald Trump…
'Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity': Sen. Eric Schmitt on Incoming Trump Administration
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/11/17/once-in-a-lifetime…y-sen-eric-schmitt-on-incoming-trump-administration-n2182103
– Trump Picks His Team to MAGA and Terminate WokeSenator Thune Agrees With Trump – Recess Appointments on Table to Fill Controversial … And I think that's important to note as we roll into these confirmation hearings. … Yes, a couple of the names have been surprises and may face a tough time in the confirmation process.…
More Staff Announcements for Trump As the New Administration Takes Shape
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/11/15/more-staff-announce…nts-for-trump-as-the-new-administration-takes-shape-n2182046
– TRUMP ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL WHITE HOUSE STAFFCongratulations @StevenCheung and @SergioGor! … Cheung was Director of Communications on the Trump-Vance 2024 Presidential Campaign and previously served in the Trump White House … hearings on these nominees before President Trump is…— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 15, 2024…
Friday Morning Minute
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/11/15/friday-morning-minute-n2182025
– Today on Capitol Hill...It's Friday, so there are no hearings or meetings formally set on the Hill today. … Perhaps the prospect of such will be enough to allow for confirmation hearings to proceed in the normal order. … I assumed (I believe fairly) I'd like more of it than not, but I didn't really stop to envision what Trump 2.0 would really look like…
Trump Gets Four Circuit Court Judges in Major Deal With Senate Democrats
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/11/21/trump-gets-four-circ…it-court-judges-in-major-deal-with-senate-democrats-n2182302
– In what could be seen as a historic moment in modern American political history, Senate Democrats have gifted Donald Trump four circuit … The deal was brought about by Senate Republicans stalling confirmation hearings so effectively that the Democrat leadership cried, … together a block of 50 votes was becoming a challenge as JD Vance and Marco Rubio were consumed in preparing for new positions in the Trump…
NEW: Federal Judges Decide to 'Unretire' and Mitch McConnell Is Not Happy About It
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/12/03/new-federal-judges…to-unretire-and-mitch-mcconnell-isnt-happy-about-it-n2182765
–  McConnell said their decisions to rescind their retirements after Trump won points to "a political finger on the scale." … He urged the incoming Trump administration to "explore all available recusal options with these judges." … The deal was brought about by Senate Republicans stalling confirmation hearings so effectively that the Democrat leadership cried,…
OPINION: Latest SecDef Nominee Pete Hegseth Smears Ring False; Fox News Colleagues, Senators Cry Foul
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2024/12/04/latest-secy-of-de…ring-false-as-fox-news-colleagues-senators-cry-foul-n2182780
– nominee, Pete Hegseth, works Capitol Hill, speaking with senators to test the temperature and whip and shore up support before his confirmation … hearings, the Tuesday night news dump saw two articles being released designed to do damage. …  President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida Gov.…
The Democrats Will Prove They Learned Nothing During the Senate Confirmation Hearings
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2024/12/02/the-democrats…ned-nothing-during-the-senate-confirmation-hearings-n2182709
– , we hate Trump, and we can't allow this man to have any power whatsoever." …  I need not remind my readers how horrific the Democrats were during the confirmation hearings for Trump's SCOTUS picks, especially … Now, Democrats are going into these hearings with the public actually behind Trump, and excited about this nominees.…
Monday Morning Minute
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/11/25/monday-morning-minute-n2182443
– then had to scramble for more oil and natural gas.Tulsi Gabbard Accused of Being 'Compromised' and a 'Cult Member' Ahead of Her Confirmation … list" is more of an indictment of the process that did that than any reflection on her.Rand Paul Warns Denver Mayor Who Threatened Trump … Today on Capitol Hill...The critters are quiet this week as they're off for Thanksgiving break — quiet in the sense of holding hearings…
Scott Jennings Points Out Obvious Comparisons Between Hegseth and Kavanaugh to CNN Panel in Denial
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2024/12/06/scott-jennings…etween-hegseth-and-kavanaugh-to-cnn-panel-in-denial-n2182873
–  (READ: The Democrats Will Prove They Learned Nothing During the Senate Confirmation Hearings)Yeah, I'm making "Kavanaughsation …  NEW: Scott Jennings points out the Pete Hegseth confirmation is now starting to seem like the Brett Kavanaugh hearings... because … has.As I wrote previously, this is personal for Trump, and there are many people who want to give him what assistance they can to…
Nailed It: Tweeter Derails the 'Fani Willis Is Under Fire Because She's a Black Woman' Media Train
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/02/22/one-spot-on-t…s-under-fire-because-shes-a-black-woman-media-train-n2170462
– testimony that was oftentimes combative and belligerent towards Ashleigh Merchant, who is the defense attorney for former Donald Trump … impropriety allegations stemming from the admitted "personal relationship" she had with the special prosecutor she appointed for the Trump … hearings for Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh, just to name a couple of noteworthy examples where men were on the receiving end…
Life Comes at Chris Cillizza Fast After Puff Piece on Biden’s Alleged ‘Decency’ Misses the Mark
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/09/05/life-comes-at…uff-piece-on-bidens-alleged-decency-misses-the-mark-n2163435
– who had gotten those questions, with the implication clear that Trump would have used them as opportunities to bash his political … opposition rather than play nice.The problem with his analysis, which others took issue with as well, is that whether Trump would have … hearings.…
The Media Is Seizing on SCOTUS 'In-fighting' Between Barrett, Thomas
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2024/06/20/the-media-is-seizing-on-scotus-in-fighting-between-barrett-thomas-n2175701
– regarding a trademark and an insult about Trump's.... hands, the majority ruled that the California man who wanted to trademark "Trump … During her confirmation hearings, she was an avowed originalist - and blasted by the left for it.…
Tales of the McCabe: Why Trump Is the Most Pro-Life President in the Post-Roe Era
https://redstate.com/mccabe/2024/04/12/tales-of-the-mccabe-w…rump-is-the-most-pro-life-president-in-post-roe-era-n2172648
–       When Trump announced he supported the federalist position, having abortion laws decided by the states … Eight have been pro-abortion, and seven have been pro-life—three of them put on the high court by Trump. … During the Roberts confirmation, a member of the confirmation team told me that a senior Federalist Society member took Roberts to…
Justice Sotomayor Has Some Surprisingly Wise Advice for Progressives Crying About SCOTUS Rulings, Flags
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/05/26/justice-sotomayor…advice-for-progressives-crying-about-scotus-rulings-n2174679
– "wise Latina," in various public speeches she had made, and was called on to explain what she meant by it during the Senate confirmation … hearings that would seat her on the High Court in 2009. … Ever since former President Donald Trump and the Republican majority in the U.S.…
Wednesday Morning Minute: 'America Is Back'
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/03/05/wednesday-morning-minute-n2186294
– Dem Rep’s ‘This Is Not Normal’ Sign at Trump Speech Goes Airborne After Fed Up Republican Launches ItDemocrats just couldn't bring …  Other hearings set for Wednesday include: House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States … I was hopeful Tuesday night's speech would go well for President Trump. I think, by all objective measures, it did.…
Tuesday Morning Minute: Pants on Fire
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/03/11/tuesday-morning-minute-n2186515
–  TOP O' THE MORNIN'Red-Hot at RedState It Sure Looks Like the Trump Admin Just Outfoxed the Judge Trying to Block Pro-Hamas …  Meetings/hearings set for Tuesday include: Senate Armed Services — Hearings to examine stabilizing the Military Health System …  As noted above, Chavez-DeRemer's confirmation marks the last of Trump's Cabinet picks to be placed.…
Lori Chavez-DeRemer Gets Confirmed As Secy of Labor While Determined Democrats Reintroduce the PRO Act
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/03/11/lori-chavez-derem…or-as-determined-democrats-re-introduce-the-pro-act-n2186536
– workings of President Trump's America First agenda even further, as I asserted in the article Labor Nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer's Confirmation … many of us who have opposed this nomination, even they clearly see her lack of qualifications and her duplicitous dance between the Trump … In her confirmation hearings, Chavez-DeRemer still refused to disavow her sponsorship of the act.…
Wednesday Morning Minute: Flip Test Never Fails
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/03/12/wednesday-morning-minute-n2186560
– Tariff Wars, and the permutations of Ukraine-Russia War, could this be something that has the full approval and awareness of the Trump … Will Senate Democrats hang the CR up and shutdown the government to oppose President Trump? …  Meanwhile, there are several meetings/hearings set for Wednesday, including: House Foreign Affairs, Africa Subcommittee…
Wednesday Morning Minute: Land of the Free
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/02/19/wednesday-morning-minute-n2185747
–  Other hearings on the Hill Wednesday include: Senate Veterans' Affairs — Hearings to examine pending nominationsSenate Commerce … Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered the temporary reinstatement of a Merit Systems Protection Board member fired by Trump. …  COMING ATTRACTIONSThe confirmation vote on Kash Patel will take place on Thursday.…
OPINION: Labor Secretary Nominee Chavez-DeRemer Is a Trojan Horse to Complete the Union Takeover of DOL
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/02/19/opinion-labor-sec…trojan-horse-to-complete-the-union-takeover-of-dol-n2185752
– EDITOR'S NOTE: This column was originally published on November 27, 2024, but is being republished today since Chavez-DeRemer's confirmation … hearings are slated to begin today. … Trump appears to have made a Faustian bargain with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, who delivered a speech at July's Republican National…
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