President Trump’s second term is already off to a fiery start, with three of his most high-profile Cabinet picks—Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, Kash Patel for FBI Director, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services—facing brutal Senate confirmation hearings this week. The usual Democrat obstruction was expected, but what’s frustrating conservatives is that a handful of weak-kneed Republican senators are also playing games with Trump’s nominations.
Enter Vice President JD Vance. Unlike the old-school establishment types who’d rather play nice with the D.C. swamp, Vance came out swinging against GOP senators who are dragging their feet. Speaking to Sean Hannity, Vance made it clear: Trump won the election, and he gets to pick his team. Period.
“…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 said. “You don’t get to make these decisions. President Trump gets to make these decisions, and he already has.”
Couldn’t have said it better. The American people elected Trump, not Mitch McConnell, not Lisa Murkowski, and certainly not the corporate donors whispering in their ears. Yet, despite Trump’s clear mandate, some Republicans are still trying to make trouble.
Gabbard, Patel, and RFK Jr. represent exactly the kind of fearless, independent leadership Trump’s 2024 coalition embraced. These are not status-quo, career bureaucrats—they’re disruptors. And that’s exactly why the establishment hates them.
Patel, a Trump loyalist, has vowed to clean house at the FBI and end the two-tiered justice system that targeted conservatives while giving Democrats a free pass. Naturally, Senate Democrats and a few “Republicans” are terrified.
Gabbard, a former Democrat who saw the light, has become a fierce critic of the Deep State, the forever wars, and the intelligence agencies that spy on Americans.
RFK Jr. may not be a traditional conservative, but his fight against Big Pharma, medical tyranny, and government corruption has made him a critical part of Trump’s broad coalition.
With the Senate’s razor-thin majority, just a couple of Republican defectors could derail these confirmations. We already saw this play out with Trump’s Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, whose confirmation was only secured after Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote.
The message to GOP senators should be clear: Get in line and back Trump’s nominees—or get out of the way. The American people voted for a fighter, and they expect results.