{"id":2376815,"date":"2024-12-05T17:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-says-republicans-shouldnt-vet-trumps-nominees-not-our-job-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T22:03:31","slug":"tuberville-says-republicans-shouldnt-vet-trumps-nominees-not-our-job-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuberville-says-republicans-shouldnt-vet-trumps-nominees-not-our-job-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuberville says Republicans shouldn\u2019t vet Trump\u2019s nominees: \u2018Not our job\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftuberville-says-republicans-shouldnt-vet-trumps-nominees-not-our-job-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2376815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) stated that Republicans \u200cshould not vet the nominees put forth by President-elect Donald Trump, claiming that it is indeed\u2064 &#8220;not our job.&#8221; Tuberville&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tuckers-reaction-after-he-finds-out-his-past-staff-at-fox-news-have-been-fired\/\" title=\"See Tucker&#039;s Shocked Response to Former Fox News Staff&#039;s Dismissal.\">remarks \u200chighlight<\/a> his belief in the\u200d necessity of\u2064 supporting the president&#8217;s decisions without subjecting \u2064them to additional scrutiny.\u200c This viewpoint reflects a broader \u2063sentiment among some party \u2064members to rally behind the \u2062elected leadership,\u2063 emphasizing loyalty\u2064 and unity \u200dwithin the party during Trump&#8217;s nomination\u200c process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tuberville says Republicans shouldn&rsquo;t vet Trump&rsquo;s nominees: &lsquo;Not our job&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1499760\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tommy-tuberville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tommy Tuberville<\/a> (R-AL) expressed his confidence that President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> has already properly vetted his <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">appointees<\/a> and that the GOP should not challenge those nominations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s decision to name Former Fox News Anchor Pete Hegseth as his Defense Secretary prompted negative press about him. Some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">outlets reported allegations<\/a> from anonymous sources that Hegseth had a problem with alcohol while working at Fox, which has been heavily disputed by his former coworkers. Tuberville has already voiced his approval of Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who are we to say that we&rsquo;re a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump?&rdquo; Tuberville told CNN reporter Manu Raju in the halls of the United States Capitol. &ldquo;Donald Trump did all the vetting they needed to do on Pete Hegseth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Tommy Tuberville said it should be up to Democrats to vet Trump&#8217;s nominees &mdash; not GOP. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who are we to say that we&#8217;re a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump? &hellip; Advise and consent, but that&#8217;s more the Democrats&hellip; They should do all the background work.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VNRQcitenI\">pic.twitter.com\/VNRQcitenI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1864740039130800175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tuberville added that it should be up to Democrats, not Republicans, to investigate Trump&rsquo;s picks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to be convinced. I mean, they should do all the background work, they should go after our nominees. I have not heard very little from the left,&rdquo; Tuberville added.<\/p>\n<p>Online, Tuberville pointed out that zero Democratic senators voted against President Joe Biden&rsquo;s Cabinet four years ago. Meanwhile, his own party is splintering on Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet in jabs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I just can&rsquo;t believe we have people on our side there saying, &lsquo;well, I&rsquo;ve got to look at this. Got to look at that.&rsquo; What they&rsquo;re doing is they&rsquo;re throwing rocks at Donald Trump. They&rsquo;re not throwing them at Pete Hegseth, they&rsquo;re throwing them at Donald Trump because they&rsquo;re saying, &lsquo;well, we don&rsquo;t believe you did the right vetting and we don&rsquo;t believe he can do the job,&#8217;&rdquo; Tuberville said. &ldquo;Wait a minute. That&rsquo;s not our job to do that. That&rsquo;s the Democrats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hegseth also has the public support of Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and James Lankford&nbsp;(R-OK), among others.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has the power to &ldquo;advise and consent&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s choices for his Cabinet per the Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1499760\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1499760\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuberville: GOP shouldn&#8217;t question Trump&#8217;s nominees; &#8220;Not our job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2376816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tommy-Tuberville-Sept-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8163,3756,3634,6305,32076],"class_list":["post-2376815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-nominees","tag-republicans","tag-trump","tag-tuberville","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Tommy-Tuberville-Sept-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376815"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376819,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376815\/revisions\/2376819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}