Thursday was another winning day for Team Trump as RFK Jr. was confirmed by the Senate to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services by a vote of 51-47.
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But wait, there’s more: FBI Director nominee Kash Patel survived his Senate Judiciary Committee vote Thursday, and his nomination will now head to the full Senate for a final yay-or-nay confirmation showdown next week. The vote was an unsurprising party line 12-10.
I want to see a camera on Adam Schiff’s face when Kash Patel is confirmed as FBI Director. pic.twitter.com/zmKwdCMj5y
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) February 13, 2025
As we reported, Patel’s confirmation was heated as Democrats tried to smear him at every turn and did everything in their power to undermine his credibility. He mostly swatted them away like flies and made them look like fools.
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Patel has their knickers in such a twist because, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, he has vowed to shake up the corruption and politicization in federal law enforcement and has promised to bring wrong-doers to account:
A former public defender, congressional aide and national security official in the first Trump administration, Long Island native Patel received firm backing from Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for having undergone “rigorous vetting” and being committed to rooting out “political bias” at the FBI.
“Mr. Patel was instrumental in exposing Crossfire Hurricane. He showed that the Democratic National Committee funded false allegations against President Trump, that the DOJ and FBI hid information from the FISA court to wiretap a presidential campaign and that an FBI lawyer lied in the process,” Grassley said.
“As reward for his efforts to uncover the truth, he was attacked by the media, and the DOJ secretly subpoenaed his records. I know a thing or two about this kind of retaliation. My staff received similar treatment during our investigation.”
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🚨 #BREAKING: Kash Patel has ADVANCED from the Senate Judiciary Committee and will head to the Senate for a full vote
A key hurdle has been cleared!
LET’S GO @Kash_Patel! pic.twitter.com/cXcikfYbiS
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 13, 2025
He has the full support of another media demon, DOGE head Elon Musk, who tweeted just minutes before the vote:
Support @Kash_Patel! https://t.co/g9Yr5P5g6Y
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 13, 2025
So far, Trump has had remarkable success in getting his Cabinet confirmed. We’ve seen Attorney General Pam Bondi, DHS Head Kristi Noem, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe, among others, win their votes. The whirlwind that is this still-new administration continues to plow forward at breakneck speed.
