Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) signaled during an interview over the weekend that he supports confirming two of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees in the coming weeks.
Banks signaled his support for Kash Patel being confirmed as FBI Director and Pete Hegseth being confirmed as Secretary of Defense during a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The remarks from Banks came in response to an ISIS terrorist murdering at least 14 people during a terrorist attack on New Year’s Day in New Orlean’s French Quarter.
“In the wake of the New Orleans attack, you’re calling for the Senate to quickly confirm President Trump’s national security nominees,” Tapper said to Banks. “I want to play some sound from one of those nominees, Kash Patel, nominated to be director of the FBI. This is what he said about the agency that’s now charged with leading this…
