Moderate Susan Collins senatorR-MAINE, revealed her plan to support Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as a national intelligence director (DNI) on Monday night.
“After an extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard Being a director of a national intelligence service, “she said in a statement.
“As one of the main authors of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Acts, which established this coordination position, I understand the critical role that DNI plays in the intelligence community. However, the Office of the National Intelligence Director has become far greater than it was Imagined to be, and Mrs. Gabbard shares my vision of the return of the agency into his intended size.
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Collins said she would vote to improve Gabbard’s nomination. (Reuters)
Collins sits in the Senate Intelligence Committee, which will start a vote on Gabbard’s nomination on Tuesday, sources for Fox News Digital confirmed.
Maine Republican developed a reputation to occasionally ejecting his party, recently done so at the defense minister Pete Hegsetth’s Confirmation vote.
Her support to Gabbard at the level of the Committee has been safe so far.
Collins voted against Pete Hegsetha. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
There are some other Republicans of the Committee who have already said they will vote for Gabbard’s progress to the Senate floor, including Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas and James Lankford, R-Okla.
However, another GOP Senator still thinks that he will be watched, because it is expected that Gabbard will need all the voices of Republican members to move forward.
Young did not find out how he plans to vote. (Alex Wong)
Todd Young Senator, R-Ind. He did not say he was planning to vote on the committee. Because of this, he was able to attract a criticism by the billionaire Elon Musk, who recently claimed to be Young “a puppet of a deep state” in terms of his uncertainty about Gabbard. The post has been deleted since then.
Young spokesman told Fox News Digital in the statement: “Senator Young and Mr. Musk have had a great conversation about numerous topics and areas of politics in which they have a common interest, such as Doge.”
Musk talked to Young on the phone. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Musk also shared over the weekend into x, explaining: “I just ran a great conversation [Young]. I stand corrected. The Young Senator will be a great ally in the return of power to people from a huge, unprecedented bureaucracy. ”
Although Collins’ support is well run by Gabbard’s fate at the Committee level, it also predicted a better appearance among the whole Senate, given her voice against Hegseth. If he is progressing in voting on the floor, Gabbard can afford to lose only three Republican votes, assuming that he does not receive any democratic support.
