Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Sunday he “couldn’t be happier” with it President-elect Trump He said he would work to enforce them as quickly as possible.
When Paul was asked during an appearance on “Sunday Morning Futures” if he would support all Trump picks his inner circle, The senator replied, “I couldn’t have made a better choice.”
“I will support the vast majority from day one,” the senator said. “We will try to get Kristi Noem through the Department of Homeland Security, Russ Vought (Office of Management and Budget). … I think in the first week you’ll have approved half a dozen of them.”
Paul said he would lead a committee responsible for confirming the nominees, adding: “I promise to get them through as quickly as possible.”
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES SHAPE: PRESIDENT-elect completes top 15 cabinet picks
Senator Rand Paul has announced that he will take over as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress begins in January. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images, File)
Paul has announced that he will take over as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee when the new Congress begins in January.
Trump has handpicked a range of established and unconventional officials for the 15 top posts In its Cabinet, Health and Human Services selects Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FBI Director-elect Kash Patel and Senator Marco Rubio as candidates for secretary of state.
Paul said he “couldn’t be happier” with the nominees for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, File)
Some of Trump’s decisions proved controversial, such as Patel, Defense Secretary-elect Pete Hegseth and nominee for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
In late November, Fox News Digital learned that nearly a dozen of Trump’s Cabinet nominees and other appointees were running for the new administration was targeted with “violent, un-American threats to their lives and those who live with them.”
