Trump Makes Key Demand Of Senate GOP Leader Candidates — And One Top Contender Capitulates Within Minutes

Phillip NietoNov 10th, 2024, 4:38 pm
 

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President-elect Donald Trump made a key demand of the Senate GOP Leader candidates — and one of them capitulated to his request within minutes.

As GOP Senate leadership candidates scramble to earn Trump’s endorsement for the position, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) has already pledged to implement recess appointments for the incoming administration.

Trump released a statement on X — formerly Twitter — on Sunday where he claimed that any candidate seeking the position must agree to recess appointments so that his appointments can be approved in a “timely manner.”

“Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner. Sometimes the votes can take two years, or more,” Trump wrote to his followers.

He added, “This is what they did four years ago, and we cannot let it happen again. We need positions filled IMMEDIATELY! Additionally, no Judges should be approved during this period of time because the Democrats are looking to ram through their Judges as the Republicans fight over Leadership. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU!”

Recess appointments sidestep the Senate’s confirmation process and could be used to temporarily install unpopular or unqualified  nominees.

Scott responded to Trump’s request just minutes later via X, where he vowed to push through his nominee’s “as quickly as possible.”

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