Results for: Trump Confirmation Hearings

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.…
Tom Cotton Bucks the System and Beats Back Efforts to Muscle Him Off the Intelligence Committee
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/12/11/tom-cotton-bucks-the…fforts-to-muscle-him-off-the-intelligence-committee-n2183095
– , working with Senator [Marco] Rubio (R-Fla.) on the transition, and planning with Senator [Mark] Warner (D-Va.) for January confirmation … hearings.”First, good on Tom Cotton for not going along with this log-rolling. … the Intelligence Community.Third, Cotton's refusal to step aside accentuates the generational shift we're seeing in the GOP under Trump…
Former Rivals, Now Allies: Trump's Pick of Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior Was the Right Call
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/01/14/former-rivals-now…rgum-is-the-right-man-for-secretary-of-the-interior-n2184331
– So, when President-elect Donald Trump named his former election rival, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, as his nomination for Secretary … man with proven executive experience in both government and the private sector.Previously on RedState: President-Elect Donald Trump … He's experienced in public and private sectors and his conservative bona fides are good.Governor Burgum's confirmation hearings…
The Right Choice: Why Chris Wright Is the Man for Energy Secretary
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/01/14/the-wright-choice…chris-wright-is-the-right-man-for-energy-secretary-n2184329
– The Congressional hearings for President-elect Trump's cabinet picks are underway, and they promise to provide some entertainment, … in charge of America's energy portfolio must be focused on facts, not Chicken Little scenarios.Previously on RedState: NEW: Trump … We can get along fine without it again.Chris Wright's confirmation hearings are currently scheduled for Wednesday, January 15th.…
Friday Morning Minute: Are We There Yet?
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/17/friday-morning-minute-n2184460
– Today on Capitol Hill...After a busy week on the Hill, with multiple confirmation hearings, Friday will be a bit quieter. …  Of course, Monday is the Big Day — as Trump is inaugurated and officially becomes our 47th president. …  Next week, confirmation hearings will continue:Doug Collins - Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Jan. 21Elise Stefanik - UN Ambassador…
RNC Elects New Chair and Co-Chair Adds Excitement and Optimism to the New Era of Trump for GOP
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/01/17/rnc-elects-new-ch…tement-and-optimism-to-the-new-era-of-trump-for-gop-n2184477
– Crosbie will succeed outgoing Co-Chair Lara Trump, who stepped down in December. … As Trump policies begin to affect Americans, it is a message that should be welcomed. … Watching the Senate confirmation hearings on Trump's nominees is proof of that.…
GOP Senator Sets Off Warning Bells on 'Unprecedented Hack' of Sensitive Files at FBI
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2025/01/17/gop-senator-fbi-n2184496
– Special Counsel Jack Smith announced his retirement from the Justice Department (DOJ)--as we noted, heading out the door before Trump …  Read More:BREAKING: Anti-Trump Crusader Jack Smith Resigns From DOJ Before President-Elect Can Fire HimThat was only a harbinger … His alarming X post also includes a timely reminder, with the confirmation hearings continuing for the president-elect's cabinet--that…
Trump's Nominees Have All Gone Silent, and There's a Good Reason for It
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2024/12/30/susie-wiles-social-media-ban-n2183755
–  With confirmation hearings set to begin next week, Wiles issued a memo over the weekend emphasizing that nominees should get … prior approval from Team Trump if they absolutely must post and should never presume to speak for the president-elect. … John Fetterman (PA) and won praise from Donald Trump himself.“Pete Hegseth is doing very well.…
Susie Wiles Promises to Be the No-Drama Mama of the Trump West Wing
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/01/06/susie-wiles-pr…ises-to-be-the-no-drama-mama-of-the-trump-west-wing-n2184002
– She's not in the background," Trump added. "Thank you, Susie." … Just last week, Wiles ordered all Trump nominees requiring Senate confirmation to go on radio silence as they prepare for their hearings … Willes also addressed how Trump 47 would differ from Trump 45:Trump "knows much more about the way the Washington institutions work…
Tuesday Morning Minute
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/12/31/tuesday-morning-minute-n2183770
– Townhall colleague Katie Pavlich explains, find ourselves looking at an Acting President Chuck Grassley (R-IA).Ahead of Senate confirmation … hearings set to begin next week, Trump is urging Republicans to be "smart and tough" in the face of Democrats and their tricks aimed … at delaying confirmation of his nominees.…
Thursday Morning Minute: Waiting to Exhale
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/16/thursday-morning-minute-n2184410
– Today on Capitol Hill...We've got a handful of additional confirmation hearings Thursday on the Hill. … 10:15 AM EasternScott Bessent - Secretary of the Treasury - Finance - 10:30 AM Eastern(Note: We'll be live-blogging Thursday's hearings … Volume 1 of (former) Special Counsel Jack Smith's "Final Report," but the parties (including attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump…
Democrats to Pam Bondi: Please Don't Do to Us What We Did to America
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/01/15/democrats-to-p…m-bondi-please-dont-do-to-us-what-we-did-to-america-n2184403
– Of all the hearings that took place for Donald Trump's cabinet today, the one I found the most interesting was Pam Bondi, who Trump … They targeted Donald Trump — they went after him, actually starting in 2016. … They are terrified that she will do to them what they did to Trump, to Republicans, and to us.…
BREAKING - Ron DeSantis Announces His Choice to Replace Marco Rubio's Vacated Senate Seat
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/01/16/breaking-ron-desa…choice-to-replace-marco-rubios-vacated-senate-seat-n2184419
– Washington, D.C., is a hive of activity with confirmation hearings for Donald Trump picks to head various agencies overlapping each … Marco Rubio (R-FL), tapped to serve as Trump’s secretary of state, and his expected breezing through the confirmation process leaves …  The governor has said he intended to hold back on announcing a choice from the time Rubio had been tapped by Trump in order to…
Anticipation – Looking Forward to the Good Old Days
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/16/anticipation-looking-forward-to-the-good-old-days-n2184422
– (I've detailed the evolution of my views on Trump previously, so won't belabor them here.) … hearings this week. …  Pam Bondi Deftly Handles Day One of Her Confirmation HearingTrump's Foreign Policy Priorities Come Into Sharp Focus at Marco…
Trump Names Three Movie Stars As Special Envoys to Tinseltown—Predicts the 'Golden Age of Hollywood!'
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/01/16/trump-names-three-mo…s-to-tinsletownpredicts-the-golden-age-of-hollywood-n2184434
– from unhinged Democrats this week during their confirmation hearings in the Senate.One thing you might not have expected, though, … Trump is also right that we need to negate the influence of China. … How these envoys will work in practice remains to be seen, but Trump is smart to engage.…
WATCH: Pro-Hamas Journos Dragged Away From Presser As Blinken's Tenure Comes to a Fitting End
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/01/16/blinkens-final-presser-n2184443
– national security adviser Jake Sullivan and his top Middle East adviser Brett McGurk started meeting with their successors on the Trump … Trump has made it known that "all hell will break out" if the hostages, including at least three of whom are American, aren't released … hearings this week, I can confidently say that Blumenthal and Husseini are nothing more than activist hecklers who run around disguised…
Monday Morning Minute: Inauguration Elation
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/20/monday-morning-minute-inauguration-elation-n2184535
– of those who've already sat for their hearings. …  White House What's UpOut with the oldIn with the newWe welcome Trump inAnd bid Biden adieu. …  Upcoming confirmation hearings include:Doug Collins - Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Jan. 21)Elise Stefanik - UN Ambassador (…
BREAKING: It's Unanimous—We Have a New Secretary of State
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/01/20/breaking-its-unanimouswe-have-a-new-secretary-of-state-n2184602
– We’re only hours into this new Trump administration, and events are happening at a breakneck pace. … vote took place just hours after Trump was sworn in as president. … differences and become allies.What he had to say at his confirmation hearings impressed both Republicans and Democrats:During questions…
Karma: Brett Kavanaugh Delivers Fitting Coup de Grace to Kamala Harris' Failed Presidential Candidacy
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2025/01/20/brett-kavanau…race-to-kamala-harris-failed-presidential-candidacy-n2184586
– have been said and done by many of the power players involved including former President Joe Biden, newly sworn-in President Donald Trump … and Vance, with a triumphant Trump giving an epic acceptance speech that capped off one of the most remarkable political comebacks …  Many of us remember the highly contentious Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the fall of 2018 where then-Sen…
Tuesday Morning Minute: The First Full Day
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/21/tuesday-morning-minute-the-first-full-day-n2184616
–  TOP O' THE MORNIN'Red-Hot at RedState Trump Rips Security Clearances From the 51 Spies Who Lied, Then He Hit Them With Another … regrets now that their security clearances have been revoked and their actions will be further investigated.The New Look for the Trump … Trump has his Diet Coke button at the ready.…
Tom Cotton Vows to Show Defiant Democrats That Elections Can and Will Have Consequences
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/01/21/democrats-continu…d-out-that-elections-can-and-will-have-consequences-n2184630
– As Republicans and Trump supporters recover from the massive adrenalin rush that was Inauguration Day, Democrats are in for a four-year-long … Would be a shame if their confirmation hearings got held up..." … The American people unequivocably gave Donald Trump and, by extension, House and Senate Republicans, a clear mandate.…
If the Coast Guard Commandant Can Be Fired for Pushing DEI, Can the USMC Commandant Be Fired for Lying?
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/01/21/if-the-coast-guard-c…hing-dei-can-the-usmc-commandant-be-fired-for-lying-n2184646
– President Trump ordered the firing of Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan Tuesday for neglecting readiness to curry favor with the trendy … Hegseth’s clear focus on, if he’s confirmed to be Defense Secretary of the Trump administration, to scale back DEI programs in the …  I didn’t watch the hearings precisely because to me it doesn’t matter.  The SecDef is going to be the SecDef.…
Wednesday Morning Minute: Morning in America
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/22/wednesday-morning-minute-n2184656
– Today on Capitol Hill...No confirmation hearings are set on this Hill Hump Day, but there are a couple of hearings/meetings to consider … But Trump is still working in the Oval Office. … Trump means business.…
Thursday Morning Minute
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/01/09/thursday-morning-minute-n2184130
–  Thune on mtg with Trump: It was a very productive discussion. … We've got a series of confirmation hearings scheduled. …  COMING ATTRACTIONSNext week begin the Senate confirmation committee hearings on Trump's nominees.…
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