Flashback: Murkowski voted to confirm 19 Biden Cabinet picks in defiance of GOP

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted successful favour of 19 retired of 21 of erstwhile President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees successful 2021, a Fox News Digital investigation shows.

Murkowski voted against the confirmation of erstwhile Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and did not ballot connected erstwhile Labor Secretary Marty Walsh's appointment.

She did ballot successful favour of Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

SENATE CHAIRMAN CRITICIZES ‘ANONYMOUS SOURCES WITH ULTERIOR MOTIVES,’ STANDS BY HEGSETH NOMINATION

Alaska's elder legislator is facing a barrage of attacks from President Donald Trump's supporters implicit her absorption to his nominee to pb the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth.

"I commend Pete Hegseth’s work to our nation, including starring troops successful combat and advocating for our veterans. However, these accomplishments bash not alleviate my important concerns regarding his nomination," Murkowski said successful a lengthy connection posted to X this week.

She expressed concerns astir his deficiency of applicable acquisition connected Pentagon policy, arsenic good arsenic allegations that helium mismanaged 2 veterans organizations helium antecedently led, and accusations of intersexual battle and excessive drinking – each of which Hegseth has denied.

"While the allegations of intersexual battle and excessive drinking bash thing to quiescent my concerns, the past behaviors Mr. Hegseth has admitted to, including infidelity connected aggregate occasions, show a deficiency of judgement that is unbecoming of idiosyncratic who would pb our equipped forces," Murkowski wrote.

MODERATE REPUBLICAN MURKOWSKI WON'T BACK TRUMP PICK HEGSETH FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY

Among those who criticized her stance was Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., a erstwhile Navy SEAL. Van Orden targeted Murkowski for voting for Biden Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin implicit his enactment during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

"You voted for the 2 men liable for the execution of these 13 heroes. The net is forever, your clip successful bureau is not," Van Orden wrote connected X, successful notation to the work members killed during a termination bombing successful Kabul.

"I powerfully promote you to occurrence the unit that gave you this horrible proposal and wrote your X post."

However, immoderate connected the close hold with Murkowski. One GOP lawmaker antecedently told Fox News Digital astir Hegseth, "The subject fired radical who behaved similar Hegseth. Him being [Defense Secretary] volition origin issues with discipline."

Murkowski told Politico successful 2020 that "all presidents person close to their Cabinet" but it was the Senate's work to marque definite those radical "are good, qualified credible candidates."

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who is also opposing Hegseth, voted successful favour of each of Biden's Cabinet nominees successful 2021.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Murkowski's bureau for comment.