Less than a week into 2025, the need for quick Senate confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s regional security staff could not be more visible.
On New Year’s Time, Americans across the country were subjected to various suspected terrorist assaults, capping off a disastrous ending to Joe Biden’s disastrous president.
In New Orleans, ISIS-inspired Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a occupied vehicle into a throng, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more in the process. Officials are also looking into a potential terrorist attack in Las Vegas, where active-duty Army soldier Matthew Livelsberger blew himself up inside a rented Tesla Cybertruck stationed outside the city’s Trump International Hotel.
The federal agencies tasked with preventing calamities like those that happened on January 1 are receiving widespread criticism for the fact that no details are yet available and that possible connections between the defendants are being looked into.
As my partner Brianna Lyman rightly noted, the Biden FBI has been much too active hunting down parents at school board meetings, Christians, and another conservative-leaning Americans to prevent genuine threats to the U. S. homeland. And when it’s not targeting liberals ‘ political opponents, it’s wasting resources running intervention for high-profile Liberals like the Overarching.
Honest Americans have been paid the ultimate price for potential criminal problems like those that occurred in New Orleans because of this weaponization. It’s created the potential for future problems and additional destruction that the leader and his team are certainly prepared for, combined with the Biden administration’s open borders plans.
Some Americans are hoping that the incoming Trump presidency is thrive where the previous administration failed, with Biden on his way out. For instance, the nominations of Tulsi Gabbard ( director of national intelligence ), Pete Hegseth ( secretary of defense ), and Kash Patel ( fiduciary director ) provide conservatives with a chance to re-establish accountability in these institutions and give them the radical changes they so desperately need.
Such reforms is just occur, however, if Senate Republicans act swiftly to confirm these nominees.
Some GOP senators have shown a willingness to slow-walk, if not directly sabotage, some of Trump’s most important nominees, despite a longstanding tradition of the Senate.
Last month, The Federalist reported on efforts by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to kneecap Hegseth’s Pentagon nomination. The Iowa Republican enlisted Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S. C., to partake in her “aggressive” personal jihad against Hegseth, who reportedly worked with Ernst to lobby Trump to dump Hegseth in favor of Ernst.
While Ernst and Graham seemingly changed their tunes on Hegseth following The Federalist’s reporting on their campaign, other GOP senators have remained uncommitted to supporting Hegseth’s confirmation.
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., declined to commit to supporting the Army veteran’s nomination when pressed by The Federalist last month. Meanwhile, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N. C. — who has pledged to support Hegseth and other Trump nominees — issued a veiled threat to GOP voters that continued pressure to confirm Trump’s picks could prompt Republicans to side with Democrats in tanking their nominations.
Legacy media have also played their part in the establishment’s efforts to tank Trump’s transformative nominees. Earlier this month, Reuters reported a number of alleged Trump world sources who claimed there are at least eight Republican senators who have “harbored doubts” about supporting Gabbard’s DNI nomination. One source purportedly identified four possible swing votes on Gabbard’s confirmation: Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, John Curtis of Utah, and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Contrary to the establishment’s affinity for petty political gamesmanship, Americans can’t afford delayed confirmation of Trump’s national security picks.
The Senate GOP won’t be able to drag its feet on these nominees because of the failures the Biden administration has caused, as the evidence this week showed. It is crucial to ensuring that their positions are set up as quickly and efficiently as possible to stop potential attacks on the nation and its citizens.
Nothing but puts the lives of Americans in danger by hurling the process due to petty or personal grievances.
Shawn Fleetwood is a University of Mary Washington graduate and a staff writer for The Federalist. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
