President Trump recently nominated Representative John Ratcliffe to be the next Director of National Intelligence.
Now, a CNN anchor is urging Republicans to stop the nomination.
According to Town Hall:
Like many of his colleagues, CNN’s John King had a hard time hiding his bias against the White House on Monday. Trump wants Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe to succeed his outgoing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, but critics are concerned by the nominee’s lack of experience and his behavior at last week’s Robert Mueller hearings. During those interrogations, Ratcliffe confronted Mueller about his final Russia report for leaving open ended the idea that Trump had obstructed justice. To Democrats and some in the media, that suggested Ratcliffe is a little too cozy with the White House and a little too in line with Trump’s agenda.
“Which DOJ policy or principle sets forth a legal standard that an investigated person is not exonerated if their innocence from criminal conduct is not conclusively determined?” Ratcliffe demanded of the witness.
CNN’s Chris Cillizza was suspicious of the timing of Trump’s nomination, and shared the following take:
Trump isn’t wrong that the ability to perform when the lights go up is of real value for anyone in such a prominent political position. The problem — as has been demonstrated by his unprecedented Cabinet turnover — is that he appears to put stock primarily in the performative aspects of the job, rather than balancing experience, readiness, temperament and the ability to actually do the job. Judging from Trump’s picks as his first term has worn on, he prizes performance and personal loyalty above all else — including qualifications.
Video: Partisan hackery on @CNN and the sort of thing that makes Stelter plus bosses Feist and Zucker happy – John King frets that Republicans won’t “rise up against” @realDonaldTrump‘s pick of @RepRatcliffe to lead the DNI and instead “bite the tongue” pic.twitter.com/U3YKoVDIVN
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 29, 2019
Ratcliffe’s problem isn’t that he is too ideological for CNN, the problem is he has the wrong ideology.
