VP Vance makes confirmation predictions for Gabbard, Patel and RFK, Jr: 'Have to fight for each one'

Vice President JD Vance delivered blunt proposal to Republican senators considering voting against President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead key three-letter agencies: "You don't get to marque these decisions."

Vance sat down with Fox News big Sean Hannity Wednesday for an interrogation from the nation’s superior a time earlier the Senate held confirmation hearings for FBI manager nominee Kash Patel and DNI manager nominee Tulsi Gabbard. 

Gabbard, Patel and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK), Trump’s prime to pb the United States Department of Health and Human Services, are considered to beryllium the administration’s most arguable picks, who could conflict to get confirmed.

DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard (left) and FBI manager nominee Kash Patel (left). (Getty Images / Fox News Digital)

Vance said helium yet believes the trio volition marque it done the process, but Republicans volition "have to combat for each one."

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He praised Senate Republicans for being "freethinking and "independent" but argued the commander-in-chief is the 1 who gets to determine who helium wants successful his Cabinet.

"...The president has made his selections and the advice and consent power of the United States Senate should not beryllium utilized to artifact radical due to the fact that you person 1 argumentation disagreement connected 1 issue," Vance told Hannity Thursday. "You don't get to marque these decisions. President Trump gets to marque these decisions, and helium already has."

FBI Director nominee Kash Patel, left, HHS nominee RFK Jr, and Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard (Getty)

The erstwhile Ohio legislator encouraged his chap Republicans to look astatine Trump’s 2024 coalition, questioning whether they could person won successful November had they not included radical similar Gabbard and RFK, Jr.

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"Donald Trump won an imposing mandate due to the fact that helium got a antithetic radical of radical to ballot Republican than had ever voted Republican. We person to springiness those parts of the conjugation immoderate wins, too. So, yes, we've got a batch of accepted Republicans successful the administration. We've got a batch of traditional nationalist security hawks successful the administration. But we've besides got immoderate caller people, immoderate radical who bring a caller perspective," said Vance. 

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives astatine an predetermination nighttime ticker enactment astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, successful West Palm Beach, Fla. (Evan Vucci/AP)

As of Thursday, Trump has 8 members of his Cabinet confirmed truthful far: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. 

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The adjacent steps for Patel, Gabbard and RFK, Jr. are committee markup votes.