Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that several of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations for cabinet positions were not “qualified or serious.”
Host Jake Tapper said, “Speaking of the FBI, you just heard your colleague, Senator Banks…you just heard him say that the New Orleans attack shows the need to quickly confirm President-elect Trump’s national security nominees, such as Kash Patel to be FBI Director, Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense, Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence. You’re on committees that are going to consider all those nominations. Is he right that dragging out this confirmation battles will jeopardize the national security?”
Kelly said, “Well, we want qualified, serious people that are ready to do these jobs
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