Rand Paul came out and said that he’d be willing to filibuster Trump’s nominations from the CIA, Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel.
Watch below:
Sen. Rand Paul says he’ll “do whatever it takes” to block the appointments of Gina Haspel and Mike Pompeo, including filibustering. #CNNSOTU https://t.co/Ffo451sLi9 https://t.co/Cs5YGOSZy0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 18, 2018
Then he went on Twitter and called for help from a Democrat!!
I’ll do whatever it takes, including filibuster, to stop the nomination of Gina Haspel. I urge @SenFeinstein to stand against her nomination too!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 18, 2018
BUT, as Lindsey Graham points out, there probably isn’t enough opposition to the picks to stop them.
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Sen. Rand Paul is “an outlier” within the Republican Party for opposing the nominations of Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel #CNNSOTU https://t.co/j1jmbyQBPD https://t.co/3CqkNchzrW
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 18, 2018
Graham says Pompeo will absolutely be confirmed and there’s not much reason to believe otherwise. Even if you disagree with what he did politically, you can’t deny that he’s very qualified for being Secretary of State. Many of those who criticize Trump have said that this pick will be stronger than Rex Tillerson. Oh well, another filibuster should be entertaining at least…