Donald Trump’s pick to replace Dan Coats as the Director of National Intelligence is Rep. John Ratcliffe, a vocal conservative lawmaker whose biggest qualification, it seems, is that he yelled at Robert Mueller during last week’s hearing. Ratcliffe doesn’t have very much intelligence experience at all, which seems to have riled both Democrats and Republicans.
The New York Times ran a headline on Monday claiming that some Republicans are “cool” to the Ratcliffe nomination—not that they dig it, of course, but that they think Ratcliffe’s “too inexperienced and too partisan.” Ratcliffe loves Fox News and hates Mueller and the FBI, which is great for getting him in Trump’s good graces, but less great when it comes getting confirmed by Congress, considering the DNI is supposed to be a nonpartisan gig. https://splinternews.com/trumps-pick-for-new-spy-chief-is-reportedly-rattling-to-1836807376
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