Marco Rubio has clashed with Biden's secretary of state nominee over Cuba

[Zorro]

It’s still unclear which party will control the Senate in 2021, but it seems likely that Anthony Blinken will face a more contentious nomination process for secretary of state than he did six years earlier as the agency’s deputy.

Over the objections of Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Antony Blinken won the blessing of the Senate in 2014 as second-in-command at the Department of State under then-President Barack Obama.

Six years later, if Blinken is to become the top diplomat in the country under Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, it looks like he’ll need to buck Rubio once again.

Biden’s transition team on Monday announced that the former vice president intends to nominate Blinken for the role of secretary of state, a position that requires confirmation by a simple-majority vote of the U.S. Senate. In 2014, when Democrats held the Senate, Blinken was confirmed as deputy secretary of state by a 55-38 vote that largely followed party lines.

It’s still unclear which party will control the Senate in 2021, when Biden will be sworn in as president. But it seems likely that Blinken — a 58-year-old longtime Biden adviser on issues of diplomacy and national security — will face a more contentious nomination process for secretary of state than he did six years earlier as the agency’s deputy.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2020/11/24/marco-rubio-has-clashed-with-bidens-secretary-of-state-nominee-over-cuba/

[malaise]

1. Is that the same Lil Marco who lied about his daddy

[Zorro]

2. You mean the daddy who was forced to leave Cuba by Castro

years before Castro came to power?

[malaise]

4. Same one

[sop]

6. Lying Weasel Marco claimed his parents fled Cuba in '59, after Castro took over.

He was only off by three years:

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/oct/21/marco-rubio/sen-marco-rubio-said-his-parents-came-america-foll/

[beachbumbob]

3. GOP will hinder Biden at every opportunity, hopefully Biden has option B in getting his people

into to positions that bypass confirmation. We will know within days of Jan 20, 2021. If McConnell retains control, not much is going to happen that HELPS Biden or America.

Period

[Historic NY]

5. Same republicans that treat with China

but hold a grudge against cuba.

[SamKnause]

7. It doesn't matter who controls the Senate.

Biden can fill his cabinet just like Trump did.

Never forget the word ACTING !!!

It certainly worked for Trump, and his cult politicians were on board.

If we don't fight hard against these corrupt EVIL cultist we will be at their mercy again.

Fuck that !!!!!!!!!!!

Biden should have the cabinet that he wants.

[FM123]

8. Shut up Marco!

Cuba obviously wasn't a problem for you when your dear leader registered his trademark in Cuba so he could build hotels and golf courses there or when he sent Manafort there to meet with Fidel Castro's son....