Senate confirms Trump loyalist Rep. John Ratcliffe to serve as Director of National Intelligence.
, R-Fla. Rubio is currently serving in the role in place of Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., who resigned the chairmanship amid an ongoing investigation into his stock trades.
Rep. John Ratcliffe testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill, May 5, 2020.Democrats opposed Ratcliffe's nomination when it was first submitted last summer and continued to oppose it as it moved through committee this week. They've raised concerns that Ratcliffe is ill-fit for the job, overly partisan and lacking necessary experience.
"I cannot in good conscience vote for Congressman John Ratcliffe to lead our national intelligence community because of his lack of intelligence experience and his history of partisanship as a Member of Congress," Manchin said in a statement
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