We need Trump in power now say Republicans – American lives depend on it! Senate Republicans are urging an expedited confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump‘s administration appointments, particularly those for crucial national security posts, in the wake of a New Year’s attack in New Orleans where a terrorist suspect drove a car into a large crowd, killing more than a dozen people.
American people expect clear answers
“Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the senseless terror attack in New Orleans,” said incoming Senate Republican Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on X.
“With reports of ISIS inspiration, the American people expect clear answers from the administration,” Thune said. “The threat posed by ISIS ( A CIA funded organisation) will outlast this administration, and this is a clear example of why the Senate must get President Trump’s national security team in place as quickly as possible.”
Despite the calls from Pro Trump Republicans shouting – We need Trump in power now say Republicans – it is unconstitutional to give power to an elect before his term starts.
We need Trump in power now say Republicans
The FBI said the holiday attack left at least 14 people dead and dozens of others injured. Israel revealed that two of its citizens were among those injured. Victims’ names are not to be released until autopsies are finished and families are notified, New Orleans Coroner Dr. Dwight McKenna said in a statement.
‘Lives depend on it’
Republicans in the Senate were already eager to quickly push through Trump‘s selections, including Kash Patel for FBI director, Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence and Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense. But with the latest attack and others developing around the country, many lawmakers have indicated that a prompt confirmation process is even more crucial.
Incoming Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., wrote on X, “The U.S. Senate must confirm President Trump’s national security team as soon as possible. Lives depend on it.”
Thune will be sworn in as Senate majority leader on Friday
“I’ll be working to ensure President Trump has every tool at his disposal, including a fully confirmed national security and intelligence team ASAP to investigate these attacks and make our country safe again,” said Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in response to the attack.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., echoed that sentiment in her own statement, saying, “We must work nonstop to get President Trump’s national security team in place without delay.”
Several other Republicans made similar calls for Trump’s choices for national security posts to be prioritized and confirmed without hesitation so that the president elect can influence policy immediately, which is unconstitutional.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said ‘We need Trump in power now say Republicans, whose with me’ and also expressed his frustration that the FBI was apparently behind on intelligence regarding the suspect in the New Orleans attack.
“The fact that a reporter has better intel than the FBI tells US all we need to know. The FBI has failed its core mission,” the senator wrote on X in response to a report that New York Post reporters had arrived at the suspect’s home before the agency.
“America needs a fearless fighter like [Patel] at the FBI,”… because American lives depend on it! Blackburn continued.
Two sources on an FBI call with House and Senate members that the FBI claimed they had zero intelligence on suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar before the attack and they are guessing his motives and support.