Ohio Senator J.D. Vance is handing out “wokeness” questionnaires to State Department nominees whose Senate confirmations he’s placed on hold
but declined to provide the publication with a copy of the questions sent to nominees.Vance claimed that the point of the surveys was to establish if any of the nominees had “radical” viewpoints that would cloud their treatment of foreign policy. “If you are injecting your own personal politics in a way that harms American national security and diplomacy, that’s not fine,” Vance told“You can call it ‘extreme left’, ‘woke,’” Vance added.
The Senator claimed that he has released several of his holds on several nominees after receiving their surveys, but dozens of State Department roles — including ambassadorships — remain vacant due to objections raised by Vance and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul . The Senator claimed that he has released holds on some nominees after reviewing their survey responses, but dozens of State Department roles — including ambassadorships — remain vacant due to objections raised by Vance and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul .
Republicans in the Senate, currently the minority in the chamber, have attempted to hold appointments and confirmations hostage as a negotiation tactic against Democrats and the Biden administration. In June, Vance
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