McConnell to Dems on Cabinet hearings: "Grow up"
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expects the confirmation process for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees to continue on schedule -- and that Democrats attempting to delay the process are doing so because they’re “frustrated that they lost the election.”
“All of these little procedural complaints are related to their frustration at having not only lost the White House but having lost the Senate,” McConnell told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “I understand that but we need to sort of grow up here and get past that.”
McConnell said that, just as the Senate did for Mr. Obama’s nominees in 2009, he expects to have seven of Mr. Trump’s nominees confirmed the same day he is inaugurated.
McConnell’s comments come after the Office of Government Ethics expressed concern about the confirmation timeline in a letter to Democratic senators on Friday, saying that several of Mr. Trump’s nominees still have not been fully vetted. In the case of some of his nominees -- such as ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson -- the individuals’ vast financial and business holdings contribute to the need for more time to review everything. Democrats have called for more disclosure from the nominees, including tax returns.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-to-dems-on-cabinet-hearings-grow-up/ar-BBy2NSv?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=edgsp
Methinks thou doth protest too much.
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