{"id":2386591,"date":"2025-01-05T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T17:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-praises-patel-but-refuses-to-endorse-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-05T12:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T17:32:57","slug":"thune-praises-patel-but-refuses-to-endorse-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-praises-patel-but-refuses-to-endorse-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Thune praises Patel but refuses to endorse &#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\">20<\/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%2Fthune-praises-patel-but-refuses-to-endorse-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=2386591&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>The \u2064recent nomination of Kash Patel as FBI director by President-elect Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">stirred meaningful discussion<\/a> within the Senate. Several Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have \u2062indicated that while they recognize Patel&#8217;s qualifications and have had positive discussions with him, they refrain from outright endorsing his nomination at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Thune emphasized the importance of a thorough and fair confirmation process, acknowledging the concerns some senators have \u200dexpressed\u200b regarding \u2062Patel&#8217;s suitability for the role.He mentioned \u2062that he is confident Patel understands the responsibilities associated with leading\u2064 the FBI. This delicate balancing act \u2064reflects the contentious political landscape surrounding Trump&#8217;s nominations and the\u200b anticipated scrutiny they will receive\u2063 during the \u200cconfirmation process.<\/p>\n<p>the Senate&#8217;s \u2062response to\u200d Patel&#8217;s \u200cnomination has been cautious, with Republican senators prepared to consider his qualifications while being mindful of the broader implications for the FBI\u200b and its operations.  <\/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\">Thune &lsquo;confident&rsquo; Patel understands FBI responsibilities while refusing to endorse<\/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_1917736\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kash Patel's\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) offered tacit praise for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kash Patel's\">Kash Patel<\/a>&lsquo;s nomination as FBI director, though he stopped short of saying he would support him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an interview with NBC News&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Meet-the-Press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Meet the Press<\/a><\/em>, Thune was pressed on some senators&rsquo; concerns about certain Cabinet nominations, particularly Patel. Thune said he had met Patel and had productive discussions, but he wouldn&rsquo;t commit to endorsing him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP CABINET PICKS: WHO&rsquo;S BEEN TAPPED TO SERVE IN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT&rsquo;S ADMINISTRATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, that&rsquo;s a process &hellip; what I&rsquo;ve promised them is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-mcconnell-reach-agreement-on-trump-impeachment-trial-here-are-the-details\/\" title=\"Schumer, McConnell Reach Agreement on Trump Impeachment Trial \u2013 Here Are the Details\">fair process<\/a>,&rdquo; he responded when asked if he would commit to approving all of Trump&rsquo;s nominees. &ldquo;And so these nominees are gonna go through a committee where they get a lot &hellip; they&rsquo;re gonna have to answer questions. There will be some hard questions posed. We&rsquo;re gonna do everything we can to ensure that he has the people he wants in place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think you give great deference and latitude to a president when it comes to people he wants to put into key positions, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a> ones are especially important,&rdquo; Thune continued. &ldquo;But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> has a role, advice and consent, and &hellip; a lot of our senators &hellip; take that role very seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on Patel specifically, Thune offered a limited defense and some praise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3237587\/gaetz-withdrawal-spotlight-trump-nominees-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GAETZ WITHDRAWL SPOTLIGHTS TRUMP NOMINEES WHO FACE SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that he understands what his mission would be if he is successful in getting confirmed to that position at the FBI,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FBI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> is an agency that I think is in need of reform and needs a good makeover, so to speak, and probably a good amount of house cleaning when it comes to the perception the American people have with it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate majority leader also suggested the nomination process must be swift due to national security concerns, especially in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3276076\/new-orleans-officials-counter-claims-terrorist-attack-avoided\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Orleans terrorist attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These institutions that the American people need to have confidence and trust in, I think that confidence and trust is largely eroded, and there&rsquo;s an opportunity to fix that,&rdquo; Thune continued.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his praise, the South Dakota Republican stopped short of an endorsement for any nominee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t been advertising or disclosing my positions on individual nominees at this point just yet. But my job is to make sure they get a fair process. And so I intend to do that. And I think that&rsquo;s underway,&rdquo; he responded when pressed on whether he would vote in favor of Patel.<\/p>\n<p>Patel is one of Trump&rsquo;s most controversial nominees. A fierce Trump loyalist, he has pledged to use his position to root out perceived corruption and retaliate against perceived enemies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a> have voiced alarm about some of his rhetoric, especially that which was outlined in his recent book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1917736\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1917736\"}});<\/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>Thune acknowledges Patel&#8217;s FBI role but won&#8217;t endorse him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2386592,"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\/12\/thune-trump-reconciliation-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13348,11636,5894,23610,32076],"class_list":["post-2386591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-endorsement","tag-patel","tag-politics","tag-thune","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/thune-trump-reconciliation-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386591","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386591"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386595,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386591\/revisions\/2386595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}