All of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for federal government posts will be confirmed, Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday after a conference with his fellow Senate Republicans.
“I think Kash Patel will be confirmed, and I think the rest of them will be confirmed,” Cruz, R-Texas—a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will vote on Patel, Trump’s pick for FBI director—told The Daily Signal.
However, some Republicans have reportedly been noncommittal regarding Trump’s nomination of Patel and toward Pete Hegseth, tapped to be the defense secretary.
That marks a departure from 2021, when several of President Joe Biden’s nominees managed to get the votes of 20 or more Republican senators, along with unified Democratic support.
“You’re going to see Democrats and the media try to turn at least a couple of these confirmation hearings into…
