Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) signaled during an interview on Sunday that he is opening to voting to confirm some of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees when it comes time for their confirmation hearings.
Kim made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash when asked if he would be open to voting for Kash Patel for FBI Director or Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
“I have had conversations with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. I had to sit down with Senator Rubio. I’m still going through the process and I want to make sure I’m doing it right,” he said. “But those were good conversations, where we were able to dive in deep. And so I think that there are some nominees that are people I think I can work with.”
He signaled that with some of Trump’s other nominees that he had questions about past remarks that they made.
“I also am…
