“Sometimes votes can take two years or more. That’s what they (the Democrats) did four years ago and we can’t let it happen again,” the president protested on Sunday on X elected, in reference to his first mandate (2017-2021).
“Any Republican senator aiming to take the coveted leadership position in the United States Senate must accept nominations” outside of parliamentary sessions, he added.
The three senators campaigning for this position reacted by supporting Donald Trump’s request.
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“100% agree. I will do anything to get your nominations (approved) as quickly as possible,” wrote Rick Scott, senator-elect in Florida, supported by billionaires Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk and others allies of Donald Trump to oversee the party’s elected representatives in the Senate.
“We must act quickly and decisively to ensure that the president’s appointees are approved and all options are on the table, including appointing during a parliamentary recess,” said South Dakota Rep. John Thune , current number two Republican in the Senate.
“It is unacceptable for Democratic senators to block” the nominations, said John Cornyn of Texas. “If they do, we will stay in session even on weekends until they relent. And the Constitution gives the president the power to make appointments during recess,” he added.
The US Senate examines and confirms by a vote, first in committee, then in plenary session, the appointments of ministers, their deputies, but also ambassadors, military officials, directors of multiple federal agencies and judges, notably those of the Supreme Court.
“No judge must be approved” before the Republicans have chosen their leader and taken office in the Senate, Donald Trump added on Sunday.
