Elbridge Colby, Trump’s pick for undersecretary of defense for policy, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday in a 54-45 vote. McConnell was the only Republican to vote against Colby’s confirmation, while three Democrats, Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), voted in favor of his confirmation.
Vance personally introduced Colby for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee last month. In response to a post on X, which included McConnell’s statement, the vice president called the Kentucky Republican’s vote “political pettiness.”
“Mitch’s vote today—like so much of the last few years of his career—is one of the great acts of political pettiness I’ve ever seen,” Vance said.
Mitch’s vote today—like so much of the last few years of
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