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Top Trump Cabinet Nominee Expected To Be Easily Confirmed With Dem Support

Charlie Kirk Staff

01/20/2025

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Top Trump Cabinet Nominee Expected To Be Easily Confirmed With Dem Support

While Republican senators are confident that most of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees will be confirmed, Elise Stefanik is expected to sail through her confirmation with bipartisan support in the Senate.

The outgoing New York congresswoman was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations just days after Trump’s November election victory.

Before her nomination, Stefanik served as the third-highest-ranking member of the House and gained national attention for her stance against pro-Palestine protests on college campuses last year.

The New York Republican questioned presidents of Ivy League schools about allowing weeks-long protests that featured violent rhetoric targeting Jews and pro-Israel students.

During a particularly heated hearing, Stefanik questioned former Harvard University President Claudine Gay—who eventually resigned amid plagiarism allegations—about specific incidents. The congresswoman cited examples, including Harvard students calling for an “intifada” and chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

“You understand that the use of the term intifada in the context of the Israeli-Arab conflict is indeed a call for violent armed resistance against the state of Israel, including violence against civilians and the genocide of Jews,” Stefanik asked Gay, who refused to condemn the rhetoric.

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D–IL), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told The Hill that she is open to supporting Elise Stefanik following her confirmation hearing next week. The openness contrasts sharply with her stance on Defense Department nominee Pete Hegseth and Justice Department nominee Pam Bondi during their respective confirmation hearings earlier in the week.

“She made it very clear that she was accessible and she wasn’t walking away from the United Nations,” Duckworth the outlet. “I thought it was good she said she would engage with the U.N. and really take on the role.”

Trump frequently criticized the United Nations during his first term. In 2018, he directed then-UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to withdraw from the body’s Human Rights Council, citing its inclusion of authoritarian regimes and its failure to address human rights abuses accurately.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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