Three of President Donald Trump’s nominees for top jobs in his administration faced tough questioning from Democrats during Senate confirmation hearings Thursday − and two of them were also grilled by some Republicans, highlighting concerns in Trump’s own party about some of his unorthodox picks.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La, pressed Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on his anti-vaccine views, particularly debunked claims that vaccines cause autism, and said he was “struggling” to support him.
Republican senators also repeatedly pushed Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, on whether Edward Snowden – the former National Security Agency employee who leaked classified intelligence information – is a traitor, a label she avoided using to the frustration of some lawmakers.
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