DEMOCRATS FURIOUS: President Trump’s decision to appoint retired Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata to a top job at the Pentagon, for which he could not win Senate confirmation, has unleashed a torrent of outrage among Democrats who see it as another case of Trump thumbing his nose at congressional oversight.
“This is a flagrant end run around the confirmation process,” said Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. “This method of appointment is an insult to our troops, professionals at the Pentagon, the Senate, and the American people. Clearly, President Trump wants people who will swear allegiance to him over the Constitution,” Reed said in a statement. “This is an offensive, destabilizing move, and General Tata should not be appointed to a Senate-confirmed position.”
