{"id":2421718,"date":"2025-04-09T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-holds-on-trump-picks-exposes-his-fake-tuberville-outrage\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:47:49","slug":"dems-holds-on-trump-picks-exposes-his-fake-tuberville-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-holds-on-trump-picks-exposes-his-fake-tuberville-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem&#8217;s Holds On Trump Picks Exposes His Fake Tuberville Outrage"},"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\">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%2Fdems-holds-on-trump-picks-exposes-his-fake-tuberville-outrage%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=2421718&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 article discusses the recent actions of Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), who has changed his stance on using Senate holds to block presidential nominees, a tactic he previously condemned. Schatz is currently using holds to delay the approval of over 300 nominees selected by President Trump, arguing it is a protest against what he refers to as &#8220;lawlessness&#8221; in Trump&#8217;s White House. This is a significant shift from his earlier criticism of senator tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) when Tuberville placed holds on Biden&#8217;s Pentagon nominees in protest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-millennials-and-gen-z-reject-biden-administrations-radical-abortion-views\/\" title=\"Poll: Millennials and Gen Z Reject Biden ...\u2019s Radical Abortion Views\">abortion-related policies<\/a>. Schatz&#8217;s current actions not only hinder Trump&#8217;s nominees but also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">block bipartisan legislation aimed<\/a> at countering terrorism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-urges-global-unity-in-supporting-ukraine-at-u-n-assembly\/\" title=\"Biden calls for global unity in backing Ukraine at U.N.\">addressing foreign policy issues<\/a>.The piece emphasizes the hypocrisy in Schatz&#8217;s tactics and his shift from denouncing such maneuvers to employing them for political protest.  <\/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 class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pB-vF0latAs\">Senator Brian Schatz\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/09\/democrat-senator-using-abusive-holds-to-block-trump-nominees-proves-his-attacks-on-tuberville-were-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Democrat%20Senator%20Using%20%E2%80%98Abusive%E2%80%99%20Holds%20To%20Block%20Trump%20Nominees%20Proves%20His%20Attacks%20On%20Tuberville%20Were%20Fake&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/09\/democrat-senator-using-abusive-holds-to-block-trump-nominees-proves-his-attacks-on-tuberville-were-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Democrat%20Senator%20Using%20%E2%80%98Abusive%E2%80%99%20Holds%20To%20Block%20Trump%20Nominees%20Proves%20His%20Attacks%20On%20Tuberville%20Were%20Fake&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/09\/democrat-senator-using-abusive-holds-to-block-trump-nominees-proves-his-attacks-on-tuberville-were-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/09\/democrat-senator-using-abusive-holds-to-block-trump-nominees-proves-his-attacks-on-tuberville-were-fake\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Democrat%20Senator%20Using%20%E2%80%98Abusive%E2%80%99%20Holds%20To%20Block%20Trump%20Nominees%20Proves%20His%20Attacks%20On%20Tuberville%20Were%20Fake&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/09\/democrat-senator-using-abusive-holds-to-block-trump-nominees-proves-his-attacks-on-tuberville-were-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>When Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., placed holds on Joe Biden&rsquo;s Pentagon nominees to protest the agency&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-gop-candidate-youngkin-pushes-back-on-allegations-hes-hiding-radical-pro-life-stances\/\" title=\"Virginia GOP Candidate Youngkin Pushes Back On Allegations He\u2019s Hiding Radical Pro-Life ...s\">radical abortion policy<\/a> two years ago, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, was one of the loudest voices condemning his GOP colleague. But now that his party has lost the reins of control in Washington, Schatz has completely changed his tune on the Senate procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several weeks, Hawaii&rsquo;s senior senator has been slow-walking the approval of individuals nominated by President Trump to serve in his administration. Rather than allow these nominations to be advanced by Senate committees via unanimous consent, the senator&rsquo;s actions effectively force them to consider each nomination one at a time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-479925508\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the left-wing rag <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/07\/schatz-holds-more-than-300-trump-nominees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a>, Schatz is doing this to &ldquo;protest&rdquo; what he proclaimed is the Trump White House&rsquo;s &ldquo;lawlessness.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s also accused the administration of &ldquo;intentionally destroying the economy,&rdquo; telling the outlet on Monday, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think we should make anything easy going forward.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>While Schatz&rsquo;s efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schatz.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/schatz-announces-blanket-holds-on-trumps-state-department-nominees-until-attack-on-usaid-is-reversed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initially<\/a> pertained to Trump&rsquo;s State Department nominees, the senator expanded his holds on Monday to &ldquo;include an additional 50 names&rdquo; across &ldquo;more than a dozen&rdquo; agencies, bringing the total number of affected nominees to more than 300. Among those caught up in the Aloha State Democrat&rsquo;s new holds are Scott Kupor and former Rep. Anthony D&rsquo;Esposito, R-N.Y., whom Trump nominated to serve as the director of the Office of Personnel Management and inspector general of the Labor Department, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Schatz also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/07\/schatz-holds-more-than-300-trump-nominees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expanded<\/a> his holds to include blocking bipartisan legislation awaiting consideration by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to protest the administration&rsquo;s dismantling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/usaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>. One of the bills Schatz is hindering aims to &ldquo;counter activities by the terrorist group Hezbollah in Latin America,&rdquo; while another would disavow &ldquo;China&rsquo;s assault on Hong Kong&rsquo;s democracy,&rdquo; according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Until they start complying with the law and until I hear from Marco Rubio in the Foreign Relations Committee, we&rsquo;re just not going to be cooperative,&rdquo; Schatz said.<\/p>\n<p>As previously indicated, Schatz&rsquo;s sudden fascination with using Senate holds on a president&rsquo;s nominees is a total reversal from the position he had several years ago. When Tuberville initiated holds on Biden&rsquo;s military nominees to protest the Biden Pentagon&rsquo;s use of taxpayer money to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/todd-young-invites-a-primary-challenge-by-refusing-to-back-hegseth\/\" title=\"Todd Young Invites A Primary Challenge By Refusing To Back Hegseth\">subsidize abortion-related travel<\/a> for service members in 2023, the Hawaii Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pspK2Z0kBnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assailed<\/a> the Alabama Republican&rsquo;s use of Senate procedure as an &ldquo;abuse of the power of &lsquo;advice and consent.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every senator has enormous power,&rdquo; Schatz <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/04\/07\/dem-senator-blocks-hundreds-of-trump-nominees-using-tactic-he-once-called-abuse-of-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> during a July 2023 speech on the Senate floor. &ldquo;I could probably block the defense bill this week, if I wanted to, but I won&rsquo;t &mdash; you know why? Because I&rsquo;m not a maniac, because I understand that when you vest someone through your voters with this kind of power, you have to be very careful how you exercise it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tuberville maintained his holds on Biden&rsquo;s Pentagon appointees for most of 2023. The Alabama senator was all but forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/05\/dont-blame-tuberville-for-dropping-his-pentagon-abortion-protest-blame-his-feckless-gop-colleagues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandon<\/a> his effort later that year after several of his GOP colleagues sided with Democrats in threatening to change Senate rules to skirt the holds. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth officially <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/31\/pentagon-scraps-biden-era-policy-subsidizing-travel-expenses-for-employee-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terminated<\/a> the Biden-era policy in January.<\/p>\n<p>Following Tuberville&rsquo;s announcement that he would be lifting holds on most of Biden&rsquo;s nominees, Schatz again <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenBrianSchatz\/status\/1732159447223489002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacked<\/a> the Republican senator for &ldquo;continu[ing] to block the confirmation of some of our most senior military leaders.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This stunt has to end,&rdquo; Schatz said. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. 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