Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats on reproductive rights in Washington on Jan. 22, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Asked on Thursday if he supports slowing the confirmation process for Trump's nominees down, Schumer indicated that he does.
"Look, there are some nominees like [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio that got broad support, but a detailed discussion – I have some doubts about Mr. Ratcliffe, particularly when I asked him how he'd react if Tulsi Gabbard were put in charge of him in the DNI," Schumer said, referring to Trump's pick to lead the Office of National Intelligence.
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Republican Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (Getty Images)
"Do we want a vote on these folks on Tuesday or vote on them on Friday, Saturday and Sunday? Because that's what we're going to do. This can be easy or this can be hard," Thune said. "This is about America's national security interests, and we're stalling, so that's not going to happen."
Ratcliffe was approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee by a bipartisan vote of 14-3. Because of that, Thune said the vote to confirm him "shouldn't be hard."
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"Democrats and Republicans, in a very big bipartisan fashion, agree that he is very qualified for this job," Thune said, adding that he isn't sure what stalling accomplishes.
Fox News Digital's Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
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