Senator John Fetterman was on Fox News tonight and named several nominees of President-elect Trump that he’s going to vote to confirm and two others he’s considering voting to confirm.
When it comes to the definites, Fetterman says he’s going to vote for Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, Elise Stefanik for UN Ambassador, Sean Duffy for Secretary of DOT and Brooke Rollins for Secretary for Agriculture.
But he’s also considering voting for RFK Jr. for Secretary of HHS and Tulsi Gabbard for DNI. And he defended the fact that he’s considering them, saying that he’s gotten a lot of blowback for even meeting with them but “to me, that is just doing my job.”
If someone believed everything that’s been written or said about me was true – you can’t possibly know me… But I want to sit down and have a conversation and I’m really glad that I’ve done that. Some of these nominees I’m going to vote for…but then there’s others we’re going to go through the process. But I’m open to hear from everyone and I don’t know why that’s controversial. And I’d also like to remind everyone on the Democratic side, that’s the way democracy works.
Watch below:
Senator John Fetterman tells Fox News he is considering voting to CONFIRM Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.
“I’m happy to meet with all of them, I don’t know why that was controversial.”
“I got a lot of blowback just to meet with them. To me, that is just doing my job.”
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— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) January 8, 2025
As a bonus, Fetterman also said that if Democrats can’t even get seven votes in the Senate for the Laken Riley Act, it’s an indictment on why they lost:
NEW: John Fetterman says if Democrats can’t get 7 votes in the Senate to pass the Laken Riley Act, then “that’s the reason why we lost."
“If you're here illegally and you're committing crimes, I don't know why anybody thinks that it's controversial, that they all need to go." pic.twitter.com/e0tDEK72uO
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 8, 2025