{"id":2385670,"date":"2025-01-02T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gopers-who-hinder-trumps-national-security-picks-risk-lives\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:28:07","slug":"gopers-who-hinder-trumps-national-security-picks-risk-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gopers-who-hinder-trumps-national-security-picks-risk-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"GOPers Who Hinder Trump&#8217;s National Security Picks Risk Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fgopers-who-hinder-trumps-national-security-picks-risk-lives%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=2385670&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>Less than a week into 2025, urgent calls \u2063for the rapid\u200d Senate confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2062national \u2062security team are amplified by a\u200c series of domestic terrorist\u200b attacks. On\u2064 New Year&#8217;s\u200b Day, an ISIS-inspired Army veteran, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove into a crowd in \u200dNew Orleans, killing at least \u206415 people. Together, in\u200b Las Vegas, active-duty soldier Matthew Livelsberger\u2062 detonated a bomb inside a\u200c rented Tesla\u200b near Trump International Hotel. These incidents \u2064have sparked criticism towards federal \u200cagencies, notably the FBI, which many believe have been misaligned in their priorities, focusing on domestic political opponents rather than genuine threats. The\u200b Biden governance&#8217;s\u200d approach, including open \u2062border policies, has raised concerns about \u2062future risks. \u200cAs Biden&#8217;s presidency winds down, hope rests on\u200d Trump&#8217;s incoming administration, with proposed nominees like Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, and Kash Patel,\u2062 expected to bring necessary reforms, contingent upon swift Senate approval.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Less than a week into 2025, the need for rapid Senate confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s national security team could not be more apparent.<\/p>\n<p>On New Year&rsquo;s Day, Americans across the country were subjected to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">multiple suspected terrorist attacks<\/a>, capping off a devastating end to Joe Biden&rsquo;s disastrous presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In New Orleans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/01\/us\/shamsud-din-jabbar-suspect-new-orleans-attack\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ISIS-inspired<\/a> Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented vehicle into a crowd, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more in the process. Meanwhile, authorities are investigating a potential act of terrorism in Las Vegas, where active-duty Army soldier Matthew Livelsberger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/crime\/matthew-livelsberger-tesla-cybertuck-explosion-las-vegas-trump-b2672787.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blew himself up<\/a> while inside a rented Tesla Cybertruck stationed outside of the city&rsquo;s Trump International Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>While details remain forthcoming and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/news\/local-news\/suspects-in-vegas-explosion-new-orleans-attack-served-at-same-army-base-sources-tell-denver7-investigates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potential links<\/a> between the suspects are undergoing investigation, the Jan. 1 attacks have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-canceled-sf-school-board-formally-rescinds-move-to-rename-schools-after-lincoln-washington-feinstein\/\" title=\"Un-Canceled: SF School Board Formally Rescinds Move To Rename Schools After Lincoln, Washington, Feinstein\">prompted widespread criticism<\/a> of the federal agencies tasked with preventing such tragedies from occurring. <\/p>\n<p>As my colleague Brianna Lyman aptly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/02\/heres-who-bidens-fbi-decided-to-persecute-rather-than-hunt-down-real-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>, the Biden FBI has been much too busy hunting down parents at school board meetings, Christians, and other conservative-leaning Americans to stop <em>actual<\/em> threats to the U.S. homeland. And when it&rsquo;s not <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/02\/an-fbi-that-targets-political-opponents-instead-of-terrorists-doesnt-deserve-to-lead-new-orleans-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeting<\/a> leftists&rsquo; political opponents, it&rsquo;s expending resources <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/22\/fbi-knew-hunter-bidens-laptop-was-authentic-a-year-before-pressuring-big-tech-to-censor-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">running<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/05\/james-comer-announces-contempt-hearings-for-fbi-director-christopher-wray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interference<\/a> for high-profile Democrats like the Bidens. <\/p>\n<p>Such weaponization has allowed prospective terrorist attacks like that in New Orleans to go undetected, leaving innocent Americans to pay the ultimate price. Coupled with the Biden administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-joe-bidens-foreign-policy-reset-will-be-a-disaster\/\" title=\"Why Joe Biden\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2018Reset\u2019 Will Be A Disaster\">open border policies<\/a>, it&rsquo;s created the potential for future attacks and further carnage the president and his team are obviously unprepared for.<\/p>\n<p>With Biden on his way out the door, many Americans are hoping the incoming Trump administration can succeed where the current administration has failed. The nominations of Pete Hegseth (Defense Department secretary), Tulsi Gabbard (director of National Intelligence), and Kash Patel (FBI director), for example, offer a chance for conservatives to restore accountability to these agencies and give them the dramatic overhauls they clearly need. <\/p>\n<p>Such reforms can only happen, however, if Senate Republicans act quickly to confirm these nominees. <\/p>\n<p>While approving newly inaugurated presidents&rsquo; cabinet appointments has been a longstanding tradition of the Senate, some GOP senators have signaled a willingness to slow-walk &mdash; if not outright sabotage &mdash; some of Trump&rsquo;s most pertinent nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/04\/trump-world-sources-joni-ernst-is-waging-aggressive-personal-jihad-against-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> on efforts by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to kneecap Hegseth&rsquo;s Pentagon nomination. The Iowa Republican enlisted Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to partake in her &ldquo;aggressive&rdquo; personal jihad against Hegseth, who reportedly worked with Ernst to lobby Trump to dump Hegseth in favor of Ernst. <\/p>\n<p>While Ernst and Graham seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/09\/i-support-pete-ernst-changes-tune-following-second-hegseth-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">changed<\/a> their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/11\/petes-hegseth-turned-confirmation-fight-around-seven-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tunes<\/a> on Hegseth following The Federalist&rsquo;s reporting on their campaign, other GOP senators have remained uncommitted to supporting Hegseth&rsquo;s confirmation. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/13\/gop-sen-todd-young-invites-a-primary-challenge-by-refusing-to-back-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declined<\/a> to commit to supporting the Army veteran&rsquo;s nomination when pressed by The Federalist last month. Meanwhile, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. &mdash; who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/12\/04\/exclusive-tillis-backs-bondi-for-ag-patel-for-fbi-will-vote-for-hegseth-and-all-trump-nominees-on-floor-if-reported-favorably-out-of-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> to support Hegseth and other Trump nominees &mdash; issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/16\/if-sen-thom-tillis-sabotages-trumps-cabinet-picks-voters-should-fire-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">veiled threat<\/a> to GOP voters that continued pressure to confirm Trump&rsquo;s picks could prompt Republicans to side with Democrats in tanking their nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy media have also played their part in the establishment&rsquo;s efforts to tank Trump&rsquo;s transformative nominees. Last month, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/12\/18\/tulsi-gabbard-senate\/77064679007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> anonymous claims from alleged Trump world sources that there are at least eight Republican senators who &ldquo;harbored doubts&rdquo; about supporting Gabbard&rsquo;s DNI nomination. One source purportedly identified four possible swing votes on Gabbard&rsquo;s confirmation: Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, John Curtis of Utah, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the establishment&rsquo;s affinity for petty political gamesmanship, Americans can&rsquo;t afford delayed confirmation of Trump&rsquo;s national security picks.<\/p>\n<p>As demonstrated this week, the failures wrought by the Biden administration are far too severe for the Senate GOP to drag its feet on these nominees. Filling their positions as efficiently and quickly as possible is vital to preventing possible future attacks on the country and its people. <\/p>\n<p>Hindering the process due to petty or personal grievances does nothing but place the lives of Americans at risk. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urgent Senate confirmation needed for Trump&#8217;s security team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2385671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6203,23344,5894,7514,3634],"class_list":["post-2385670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-gop","tag-national-security","tag-politics","tag-risk","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385670","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385674,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385670\/revisions\/2385674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}