Republican senator warns pressure to push through nominees could backfire

As some of President-elect Trump's controversial cabinet picks work to win over members of Congress, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, warns the pressure campaign to push through nominees could backfire. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

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[MHe]

Reports that refuse to acknowledge that this is tried and true. Big money can buy anything even politicians

[wolke]

From Germany 🇩🇪
Don't like nor trust Mika and Joe Magalago anymore. 😮

[geoffseavers]

If they applied for the jobs they wouldn't get them Why should they just be appointed!?

[epochchange]

Thom Tillis thinks that Dump's "nominees" can win on their own merit, they don't have to be rammed through and force-fed to the American people. What lunacy😂😂😂

[glenn]

Every senator took notes when Elmo donated 300m in the 2024 political cycle.

[rt-]

Hold onto your butts everyone, it’s going to be a long, long, long four years of ignorance ahead! 😵‍💫

[DamusNostrajijilji-wlor]

UNTRIED, VENGEANCE-BENT, EGOCENTRIC, OPPORTUNISTIC, SYCOPHANTIC LUNATIC?

[billedmunds]

Kash Patel gets all of his information from QANON. So he loves Conspiracy lies, just like MTG!!!

[michaelhapgood]

BREAKING NEWS
San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez announces " she will not adhere to the "super sanctuary" policy approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors today, pointing out that she is an independently elected official, the Board does not set policy for her office, and she has exclusive authority over county jails.
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100% of law enforcement in the US support President Trump.

[TheOfficeFan_]

The fact that Trump has picked Kash Patel shows how much of a joke Trump is

[thjbird]

An alcohol abuser with the nuclear codes is no longer controversial.

[epochchange]

This is why people can't be in politics for money. Senator Ernst is scared of being primaried, so she backed off of her criticism of Hegseth because she doesn't want to lose her job. And a lot of the criticism of Ernst is online noise and not coming from real individuals, but it is still having a detrimental effect.

[klubmember]

What's really sad about Trump supporters is the fact they believe he can do no wrong there's nothing wrong with supporting the man but hold him accountable when he's wrong stop with the cult Behavior😂

[dtu]

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[MissLille]

Governing through threats! So disturbing.

[epochchange]

Big deal that Patel has made the rounds sucking up for republican Senate approval. He still hasn't passed an FBI background check yet.

[marktropheus]

The cognitive dissonance behind Kash Patel's eyes scares me.

[sylvainjackson]

A real nightmare, but not for the ring kissing team

[ThunderBlue]

What is Joe on??? No one is leaving London to come to the States 😂

[MartinJ-ty]

America is trapped on a crazy train and Trump is the Conductor. 🚂