By The Numbers: Republicans Shy Away From Defending President Trump's Conflict-of-Interest Laden, Dangerous, Inexperienced Swamp Cabinet Nominees
New Data Compiled By Senate Dems Shows Senate Republicans Have Spent Virtually No Time On The Senate Floor Defending Controversial Nominations Republicans Have Responsibility To Their Constituents To Reveal Who Will Be Running The Upper Echelons Of The Government – Deceiving Public By Failing To Defend Nominees On The Floor Is Wrong Schumer: Embarrassed Republicans Trying To Quietly Rubber Stamp Trump’s Swamp Cabinet
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer today released data revealing that Senate Republicans have avoided
defending President Trump’s cabinet nominations on the Senate floor. In fact, while Senate Democrats have delivered 262 floor
speeches opposing the eight most contentious nominees, Republicans have only come to their defense on the floor 75 times.
Schumer said that by failing to defend these nominees on the floor, Republicans are attempting to conceal the fact that President
Trump’s cabinet choices are riddled with unprecedented conflicts of interest and are unqualified to fill the positions for which they have been tapped.
“Senate Republicans know that these nominees don’t serve the interests of regular Americans,” said Senator Schumer. “They’re
embarrassed of this conflict-of-interest laden and dangerously inexperienced Swamp Cabinet. But rather than challenge
President Trump, Republicans are hoping the public simply won’t notice their jamming through of controversial nominees if
they are silent on the Senate floor. My Republican colleagues should stand behind their votes and be honest with their
constituents – not be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s incompetent nominees. To run and hide is worse than cowardly—
it is a dereliction of duty.”
The estimated number of supportive Republican speeches on the Senate floor versus oppositional Democratic speeches on each
nominee are listed below:
DeVos
9 Republican speeches
69 Democratic speeches
Mnuchin
3 Republican speeches
14 Democratic speeches
Mulvaney
8 Republican speeches
20 Democratic speeches
Price
8 Republican speeches
38 Democratic speeches
Pruitt
19 Republican speeches
55 Democratic speeches
Puzder
0 Republican speeches
3 Democratic speeches
Sessions
22 Republican speeches
41 Democratic speeches
Tillerson
6 Republican speeches
22 Democratic speeches
Total
75 Republican speeches
262 Democratic speeches (78%)