Trump Blames “Can’t Win” Democrats For Blocking Nominations, But Hasn’t Named Anyone To 384 Jobs

Politico reports:

President Donald Trump once again on Tuesday blamed Democrats in the Senate for the slow pace of confirmation of his nominees, accusing the minority party of engaging in obstruction even though its votes are not needed in order for the president’s picks for key government jobs to win approval.

“The Senate Democrats have only confirmed 48 of 197 Presidential Nominees. They can’t win so all they do is slow things down & obstruct!” Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday morning.

According to a database maintained by The Washington Post and The Partnership for Public Service that is tracking 564 of the more than executive branch jobs that require presidential nominations, Trump has left 384 without a nominee. He has offered formal nominations for 130 of those positions, of which 46 have been confirmed.