{"id":32381,"date":"2025-02-04T16:29:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/tulsi-gabbard-scores-key-committee-republicans-support-ahead-of-pivotal-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:29:54","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-scores-key-committee-republicans-support-ahead-of-pivotal-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/tulsi-gabbard-scores-key-committee-republicans-support-ahead-of-pivotal-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard scores key committee Republican’s support ahead of pivotal vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind.<\/a>, came out in support of Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence (DNI), just hours before her crucial committee vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement to Fox News Digital, the senator said, “American intelligence officers around the globe deserve our respect and support. I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s<\/a> engagement with me on a variety of issues to ensure that our intelligence professionals will be supported and policymakers will receive unbiased information under her leadership.”<\/p>\n

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“I have done what the Framers envisioned for senators to do: use the consultative process to seek firm commitments, in this case commitments that will advance our national security, which is my top priority as a former Marine Corps intelligence officer. Having now secured these commitments, I will support Tulsi\u2019s nomination and look forward to working with her to protect our national security,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gabbard will need the support of all Republicans on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in order to advance to the floor for a confirmation vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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That is assuming she does not get the votes of any Democrats. No Democrats on the committee have endorsed her for the role.<\/p>\n

The committee vote is set to take place on Tuesday afternoon, and with confirmed support from Young, in addition to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine<\/a>, James Lankford, R-Okla., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, Gabbard’s nomination appears to be on relatively good footing to advance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Before Young revealed his support, he faced external pressure to get behind Gabbard. For example, Trump-aligned billionaire Elon Musk took to X over the weekend, calling the senator a “deep state puppet” in regard to his uncertainty about Gabbard. The post has since been deleted.<\/p>\n

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The two later had a phone call, and a spokesperson for Young told Fox News Digital in a statement, “Senator Young and Mr. Musk had a great conversation on a number of subjects and policy areas where they have a shared interest, like DOGE.”<\/p>\n

Musk also posted on X, “Just had an excellent conversation with [Young]. I stand corrected. Senator Young will be a great ally in restoring power to the people from the vast, unelected bureaucracy.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., came out in support of Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence (DNI), just hours before her crucial committee vote.\u00a0 In a statement to Fox News Digital, the senator said, “American intelligence officers around the globe deserve our respect and support. I appreciate Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s engagement with me on a … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}