Political Quotes

“I regret to say that my Democratic colleagues have become addicted to hating President Trump, and it is no longer about policy or even strong disagreement. It seems to be an obsession--obsessed with finding every way possible to undermine the President and his agenda, no matter the cost. And what they have done to the nomination process in the Senate might be the height of partisanship since President Trump returned to office. Democrats have blocked 100 percent--that is, 100 percent--of President Trump's nominees from being confirmed by unanimous consent or voice vote. Now, by the way, why do I say--my chart here. Look at this. It has been the tradition for noncontroversial nominees to be confirmed by the Senate. And in the first Trump, it fell from 90 percent under President Obama--games Democrats play--to 65 percent under Trump 1. Well, it turns out it was 57 percent under Biden. Now, under Trump 2, we have zero percent of the nominees approved by unanimous consent. Let's put that in perspective. We are speaking about noncontroversial nominees, and it has been something that has been consistent for Presidents of both parties for decades, as we can see from this chart. And yet here we are, 8 months into President Trump's second term, and not a single nominee confirmed by unanimous consent or voice vote-- zero, zip, nada. By the way, these nominees made it through committee with bipartisan support on the record.”