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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., announced that helium volition ballot against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and erstwhile Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to service successful President Donald Trump's cabinet.
Trump tapped Kennedy to service arsenic caput of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Gabbard to service arsenic Director of National Intelligence.
"I person met with astir of the furniture nominees and person cautiously watched their confirmation hearings. After considering what’s astatine stake, I person voted against moving guardant to the confirmation of Ms. Gabbard and Mr. Kennedy, and volition beryllium voting NO connected their confirmations," Fetterman declared Thursday nighttime successful a station connected X.
Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic statesmanlike information successful 2023, earlier switching to an autarkic White House bid aboriginal that year. In 2024 helium dropped retired and endorsed Trump.
Kennedy's erstwhile moving mate, Nicole Shanahan, replied to Fetterman's post, calling the lawmaker — who is known for his penchant for wearing shorts and hoodies — a "lazy slob."
"Fetterman toys with the perfect of being a beardown American Man, but helium is simply a lazy slob who can't get to the gym successful spite of wearing gym apparel each time long. I bash not expect idiosyncratic who can't negociate to formal themself to marque bully decisions, fto unsocial those arsenic important arsenic the wellness of a nation," Shanahan declared successful a tweet.
"I'm not trolling. This is an honorable appraisal fixed the outfit helium wore to the President of the United State's Inauguration. What tin you realistically expect from idiosyncratic who treats the American radical similar this?" she added successful different post.
Gabbard, who served successful Congress arsenic a Democrat from aboriginal 2013 done aboriginal 2021, launched a statesmanlike bid successful 2019, but dropped retired successful 2020 and backed Joe Biden.
In 2022, she announced that she was ditching the Democratic Party. And successful 2024, she endorsed Trump and announced that she was joining the GOP.
While Fetterman has thrown his enactment down immoderate of Trump's nominees, helium joined the remainder of the Senate Democratic Caucus successful voting against the confirmation of Russell Vought connected Thursday. Despite Democratic opposition, Vought was confirmed successful a 53-47 vote.
Vought served arsenic Office of Management and Budget manager during portion of the archetypal Trump medication and is taking connected the relation again.
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"Last year, I called retired the dangers of Project 2025 and the harm it’d bash to our country. Americans were assured the Trump squad had nary ties to it—then nominated 1 of its authors to pb OMB. My presumption has not changed and I volition beryllium a hard NO connected Mr. Vought," Fetterman said successful a station connected Thursday.
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