Senate Votes To Confirm Kash Patel In 51-49 Vote

The Washington Post reports:

“Mr. Patel will be a political and national security disaster,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) said at a news conference outside FBI headquarters — a building Patel has said he would shut down and reopen as a museum to the so-called deep state.

Durbin and his colleagues emphasized what they’ve repeatedly described in hearings and floor speeches as the “red flags” in Patel’s background.

They questioned his financial ties to a Chinese company, history of bombastic rhetoric, and support for right-wing conspiracy theories and rioters involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which Patel has said the FBI had planned for a year.

Read the full article. Murkowski and Collins voted no. McConnell voted yes. It remains to be seen if Patel will continue selling his $199 concoction that he claims will “reverse the poisonous COVID jab.”

U.S. Senate CONFIRMS Kash Patel to be FBI Director, 51-49. pic.twitter.com/xB2nrm8obk

— CSPAN (@cspan) February 20, 2025

Kash Patel can’t do the job of FBI Director. He’s patently unqualified.

Those who vote for his confirmation will be accountable for the destruction he does to the nation’s top law enforcement agency and to the rule of law. pic.twitter.com/qfqaMUBbNS
— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) February 20, 2025

At this time of peril for the rule of law, we cannot put a fraud like Kash Patel in charge of the FBI.

My prediction is that for Republicans that vote for Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave. pic.twitter.com/CK0PTnB5yY

— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 19, 2025

Sen. HIRONO ahead of Kash Patel vote: We’ve learned of credible evidence that Kash Patel perjured himself. He’s totally unfit to lead the FBI.

“He won’t discern fact from fiction.” pic.twitter.com/nNXrKG1WFB

— Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryDems) February 20, 2025

Sen. WHITEHOUSE: Kash Patel is the first senior law enforcement official in American history to have plead the fifth, and he’s been unwilling to even explain.

“Kash Patel, mark my words, will cause evil in this building behind us. Republicans who vote for him will rue that day.” pic.twitter.com/Vsfh8guMmF

— Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryDems) February 20, 2025