Trumps expected choice for State in very real danger of being blocked on the Hill

[DonViejo]

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By James Hohmann December 12 at 9:46 AM

THE BIG IDEA: If just three Senate Republicans defect, Rex Tillerson’s expected nomination as secretary of state would be dead. Since he has not officially announced his selection, blowback from leading hawks on the right over the ExxonMobil CEO’s ties to Vladimir Putin could prompt Donald Trump to go another direction.

-- Three Republicans who have themselves run the president fired shots across the bow on Sunday:

Marco Rubio: “Being a ‘friend of Vladimir’ is not an attribute I am hoping for from a Secretary of State.”

Lindsey Graham: “I don’t know the man much at all, but let’s put it this way: If you received an award from the Kremlin, ‘the order of friendship,’ then we’re gonna have to do some talkin’. We’ll have some questions. I don’t want to prejudge the guy, but that’s a bit unnerving.”

John McCain: “It’s a matter of concern to me that he has such a close relationship with Vladimir Putin, that that would color his approach to Vladimir Putin and the Russian threat.”

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[still_one]

1. They probably will fall in line, but they should be concerned, especially with the questionable

ties of trump's team to Putin, and election interference

[greymattermom]

2. So a lot of questions should be asked at their hearings

are they under oath? All of these folks should have to sit through 11 hours of grilling, right?

[Gman]

3. He'll swear on a stack of bibles

That he's not influenced.