Trumps nominees gripe the White House isnt protecting them
Shaken by Puzder’s torpedoed nomination, other contenders for Senate-confirmed positions say they need more cover from the White House.
By Tara Palmeri and Andrew Restuccia
02/21/17 05:04 AM EST
Candidates for top jobs in President Donald Trump’s administration are getting spooked after Andrew Puzder’s nomination was scuttled and they fear the White House isn't doing enough to protect them from grueling confirmations, according to several sources involved in the process.
The concerns are affecting not only some of the highest profile nominations, including agriculture secretary pick Sonny Perdue, but also candidates for ambassadorships, judicial positions and a range of other nominees. The chill that’s settled in even has some people considering bowing out of contention, meaning that Trump’s attempt to quickly fill out his government could drag out even further.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-nominees-confirmation-cabinet-235157
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of course, if they were better people, then maybe Trump wouldn't have picked them and, more importantly, they wouldn't want to work for him in the first place. What these "special snowflakes" really want is to not have to deal with democracy and the Senate's role in "advise and consent". Anyway, it's not like Democrats can actually stop their nominations. Republicans are just steamrolling them through the confirmation process any which way they can with minimal oversight and even when there are still things that the public should be entitled to review (i.e. Pruitt).
They seem to think that they're entitled to it. I guess that it must come as a shock to them that some people obviously care about the well being of our country and want to protect it from being harmed by people like them.
