Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) signaled during an interview on Sunday that he is open to voting to confirm some of President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kim made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d with Dana Bash when asked if he would be open to voting for Kash Patel for FBI Director or Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have had conversations with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. I had to sit down with Senator Rubio. I\u2019m still going through the process and I want to make sure I\u2019m doing it right,\u201d he said. \u201cBut those were good conversations, where we were able to dive in deep. And so I think that there are some nominees that are people I think I can work with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He signaled that with some of Trump\u2019s other nominees that he had questions about past remarks that they made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI also am deeply concerned about what I have heard Mr. Patel say in the past and about going after things. Like, he is being nominated for a role to lead an agency that he has talked about dismantling, talked about the deep state and going after,\u201d he said. \u201cI was a career public servant before in the federal government. I worked under both Bush and Obama. I served the country, not a party. And I worry about some of the tones there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith Hegseth, I hope to have a chance to be able to speak with him, but some of what he said before about not thinking that women should serve in combat, some of the other allegations that we have heard about,\u201d he added. \u201cI have worked at the Pentagon before in the office of the secretary of defense. I know what that job is like. And I need to know whether or not he is up to the task.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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