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Senate Republicans Just Confirmed More Than 100 Trump Nominees Despite the Schumer...

• https://www.thegatewaypundit.com, by Mike LaChance

The Schumer Shutdown is not stopping the confirmation of Trump nominees. Senate Republicans just finished confirming more than 100 of them.

This has got to be driving Democrats completely crazy.

Not only are they losing the optics battle during this shutdown, they're not stopping Trump's agenda from moving forward.

FOX News reports:

Senate Republicans confirm more than 100 Trump nominees as government shutdown continues

Senate Republicans confirmed a staggering tranche of President Donald Trump's nominees on Tuesday as the government shutdown continues.

Lawmakers voted along party lines to confirm the batch of 107 of Trump's nominees, a move that whittled down the remaining pending nominees on the Senate's calendar to double digits. It also came as the upper chamber was deadlocked in the midst of a government shutdown, during which floor votes have largely been dedicated to trying to reopen the government.

The slate of confirmed nominees included many of Trump's top allies and former candidates that he hand-picked to run in previous elections.

Some of the most recognizable on the list were former Republican Senate candidate and ex-NFL star Herschel Walker, who was tapped as the U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, and Sergio Gor, a top advisor to Trump who he picked to be his U.S. Ambassador to India.

Other posts confirmed included a wave of senior administration officials, several prosecutors and the reappointment of Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins to a seat on the commission until 2031.