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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted for 19 of former President Joe Biden’s 21 Cabinet nominees in 2021, according to a Fox News digital analysis.
Murkowski voted against the confirmation of former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and did not vote to appoint former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.
He voted for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Senator Lisa Murkowski had voted to confirm all but two of Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees. (Getty Images)
Alaska’s senior senator faces a barrage of attacks from the president donald trumpSupporters of his opposition to his nominee to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth.
“I commend Pete Hegseth’s service to our nation, including leading troops in combat and advocating for our veterans. However, these accomplishments do not alleviate my significant concerns about his candidacy,” Murkowski said in a lengthy statement published on X this week
He expressed concern about his lack of relevant experience in Pentagon politics, as well as allegations that he squandered two veterans’ organizations he once led, and allegations of sexual assault and heavy drinking, all of which Hegseth has denied
“While the allegations of sexual assault and heavy drinking do nothing to assuage my concerns, the past behaviors that Mr. Hegseth has admitted to, including infidelity on several occasions, demonstrate a lapse in judgment that is not required of someone who would lead our armed forces,” Murkowski wrote.
Moderate Republican Murkowski will not re-pick Trump Hegseth for defense secretary
Sen. Lisa Murkowski opposes Pete Hegseth’s nomination. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Among those who criticized his stance was Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., a former Navy SEAL. Van Orden went to Murkowski to vote on Biden’s Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, on his leadership during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“You voted for the two men responsible for killing these 13 heroes. The internet is forever, your time in office is not,” Van Orden wrote to X, referring to the service members killed during a suicide bombing. in Kabul.
“I strongly encourage you to fire the staff who gave you this horrible advice and wrote your X post.”
Still, some on the right agree with Murkowski. A GOP lawmaker previously told Fox News Digital about Hegseth: “The military fired people who behaved like Hegseth. His (defense secretary) is going to cause problems with discipline.”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski opposed then-chairman HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra’s nomination. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Murkowski he told Politico In 2020, “all presidents are entitled to their cabinet,” but it was the Senate’s responsibility to make sure those people “are good, qualified, credible candidates.”
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who is He also opposes Hegsethvoted for all of Biden’s 2021 cabinet nominees.
Fox News Digital reached out to Murkowski’s office for comment.
