Warner: Waltz Will Face “Brutal Confirmation Hearing”

The Hill reports:

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where host Jake Tapper asked about the recent shuffle in the administration, after it was revealed Waltz was ousted as national security adviser following the Signal group chat scandal, among other reported tensions.

“Do you have faith in him to be UN ambassador?” Tapper asked. “I think it would be a brutal confirmation hearing,” Warner replied.

Warner’s prediction is in line with other Democrats, who say Waltz will face an uphill battle trying to prove he is fit for the new position after it was reported he used Signal to message about administration activity.

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Mark Warner on Republicans: “I do think we’re getting close to them stepping up, but the problem is going to be, how much structural damage is going to be done before my Republican friends find their voice and voice publicly what they’re already saying privately?” pic.twitter.com/zlLNvysTMY

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Mark Warner: “That cabinet meeting earlier this week where everyone went around and basically paid kudos to the great leader — it was something that frankly I would’ve expected out of North Korea, not out of a cabinet meeting in America.” pic.twitter.com/d2HZ9LMnne

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