Former Republican Minnesota Governor Tim Pollenti said the US Senate experienced “advice and consent” before Jones confirmed FBI director Kash Patel after complaining about Trump’s candidate. He told CNN’s Van Jones.
Patel was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s new FBI director on Thursday afternoon, passing the final 51-49 vote despite efforts to delay confirmation by Democrats. On “Erin Burnett Outfront,” Burnett asked Jones what he thought about Patel’s approval. Jones responded that despite Trump’s ability to “set who he wants,” candidates still have to go through the “advice and consent” process.
“The US president can set up whatever he wants. He can set up a frog Kermit,” Jones said. “He can hold back who he wants, but the US Senate’s advice and consent function is sometimes because the president makes bad judgments, because you said you’re going to sway that place. That doesn’t mean that you have to literally include people who don’t have qualifications.”
Jones said, “The US Government System Systems [is] Former President George W. Bush tried to push private lawyers into the U.S. Supreme Court, he said. Pawlenty was inserted and Patel said it would not have been confirmed without the proper process. (Related: Intel Agency will begin dismantling the DEI in response to Trump’s orders)
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“What’s even more worrying about me is that the American government system is being thrown into the trash bins by people who call themselves patriots,” Jones added. “No, I remember hearing it, when George W. Bush tried to put a personal lawyer on the Supreme Court. Republicans said, “No, thank you, sir. We did that.” I’m not going to do that.” So the Republican Party is gone. ”
Pawlenty Interjed.
“But Van, you’ll do – the senators who just confirmed him by your comments, they experienced advice and consent. You’ve somehow got those senators to their duty They’d say they were abandoned and didn’t do their job. They were elected too,” Pawlenty said. “They held the election certificate and checked this person. You may not like the outcome, but they had advice and consent and he went through the process.”
Patel, former chief of staff for the Secretary of Defense during Trump’s first administration, became a prominent voice during the 2016 election in calling for a Mueller investigation into “Russian intervention.” Additionally, the newly confirmed FBI director has spoken openly about weaponizing surveillance conditions, calling for a “24/7 office.”
During his confirmation hearing, Democrats like Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and California Sen. Adam Schiff tried to corner Patel over allegations related to a previous statement regarding the defendant on January 6th. did. But Patel pushed back and called out Durbin for former President Joe Biden to merciless his family and violent criminals. Patel said Schiff’s comments were “a lie.”
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