Vice President JD Vance gave direct advice to Republican senators considering voting against President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead key three-letter agencies: “You don’t get to make these decisions.”
Vance spoke with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday for an interview in the nation’s capital a day before the Senate confirmation hearings for FBI director nominee Kash Patel and DNI director nominee Tulsi Gabbard.
Gabbard, Patel, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK), Trump’s choices to lead the United States Department of Health and Human Services, are seen as the administration’s most controversial picks who may face difficulties in getting confirmed.
DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard (left) and FBI director nominee Kash Patel (left). (Getty Images / Fox News Digital)
Vance expressed confidence that the trio will go through the process but noted that Republicans will have to work hard for each one to get confirmed.
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He commended Senate Republicans for their independent thinking but emphasized that the president has the authority to choose his Cabinet members.
“…The president has made his selections and the advice and consent power of the United States Senate should not be used to block people because you have one policy disagreement on one issue,” Vance told Hannity. “You don’t get to make these decisions. President Trump gets to make these decisions, and he already has.”
