President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is facing an uphill battle for confirmation.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, signaled he plans to meet again with Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii).
Fox News’s Chad Pergram summed up the Virginia Democrat’s remarks, quoting, “This is an extraordinarily serious job that requires maintaining the independence of the intelligence community. It also means maintaining the cooperation of our allies. We’ve got a lot of our intelligence from our allies on a sharing basis, and if those that information is not kept secure, it raises huge concern. So..we’ve got a number of questions out for her. This is the beginning of a process.”
Axios reported on Tuesday that Warner and other Senate Democrats have moved to delay Gabbard’s hearing.
“Warner has pointed out that the committee has not yet received Gabbard’s FBI background check, ethics disclosure or a pre-hearing questionnaire, a source familiar with the matter told us. Committee rules require the background check a week in advance of a hearing,” reported Axios.
Intel Committee Chairman Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told the outlet in a statement he “intends to hold these hearings before Inauguration Day. The Intelligence Committee, the nominees, and the transition are diligently working toward that goal.”
“After the terrorist attacks on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, it’s sad to see Sen. Warner and Democrats playing politics with Americans’ safety and our national security,” Trump transition spokesperson Alexa Henning also told Axios.
He should have been that concerned under Biden. Warner is a con artist. Warner and the communist democrat party have brought this world to the not so secure level we are at today. Warner and company are putting every road block they can in front of Trump to prevent him from developing the security that we need. Warner needs to realize if we get attacked his family lives in this country as well but then he may not care any about his family than he does about conservative families.
Democrats are just a bunch of poor crybaby losers that want to continue to ruin my great country and turn it into a dictator run New World Order. Or should I say DISORDER? Open your bible and look what is trying to be accomplished and actually happening on our border and who is coming across. Look familiar?
Brian and anyone else Have you ever seen the movie RED DAWN? If not watch it and look at what happened in it. Don’t say that could never happen.
The Democrats have proven time and again that they do not know what “Intelligence ” actually is. That anyone in that degenerate party lectures us on security is painful. Ĺets consider the terrorists now in this country solely enabled by Demo rat policies.
Using “D-Hawaii” behind Tulsi Gabbard’s name is just not right. She left the Democrat party quite a while ago, certainly long enough ago that the author of this article should know better than to list her as a Democrat!
If Tulsi is a D-Hawaii, then the Democrats should have NO PROBLEM approving her.
What nonsense. She used to be the Female of Color, Veteran BINGO poster girl for the DNC. THEY LOVED her. Until they realized they could not control her and that she was NOT DEI. She’s smart, poised and wants what’s good for the USA, not a political party.
See the difference?