McConnell votes against Trump’s defense pick, warns of ‘geostrategic self-harm’
- The Senate confirmed Elbridge Colby as undersecretary of defense for policy in a vote of 54-45, with Sen. Mitch McConnell being the only Republican to oppose him.
- Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against Elbridge Colby's confirmation as undersecretary of defense for policy, which passed 54-45.
- McConnell stated Colby is not the exceptional national security thinker his supporters claim, calling the confirmation 'geostrategic self-harm.'
- Vice President J.D. Vance criticized McConnell's vote as an act of 'political pettiness' against Trump.
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Mitch McConnell voted against Trump’s pick to serve as undersecretary of policy at the Defense Department, Elbridge Colby. Colby was confirmed by a 54-45 vote. The Hill reported: Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday voted against Elbridge Colby, President Trump’s pick to serve as under secretary of policy at the Defense Department, warning of “geostrategic self-harm” if the U.S. followed through on Colby’s priorities.…
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