The Florida senator said he has “no interest in returning to the ‘normal’ that left us dependent on China.”
Sen. Marco Rubio suggested on Tuesday that he would oppose confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team, presaging the first sign of potential Senate battles to come if Republicans maintain control of the Senate.
Rubio (R-Fla.) said Biden’s selections “will be polite & orderly caretakers of America’s decline,” criticizing their professional credentials and Washington bonafides. Rubio sits on both the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees.
“Biden’s cabinet picks went to Ivy League schools, have strong resumes, attend all the right conferences & will be polite & orderly caretakers of America’s decline,” he tweeted. “I support American greatness. And I have no interest in returning to the ‘normal’ that left us dependent on China.”
In recent days Biden has announced plans to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of State and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations — jobs whose occupants require Senate confirmation. The president-elect has also named Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser, a White House role on which the Senate has no say.
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“I support American greatness. And I have no interest in returning to the ‘normal’ that left us dependent on China,” Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted today, suggesting that he would oppose confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's national security team https://t.co/rdxi00rXog
— POLITICO (@politico) November 24, 2020
Tell me again how social resentment isn't the defining emotion of the GOP https://t.co/fxIlpFYvhC
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 24, 2020
I have some bad news for @marcorubio about Mike Pompeo, Steven Mnuchin, John Bolton, and William Barr. https://t.co/NCWz8dw8ZU
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 24, 2020
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