Schumer Highlights Senate’s ‘Vital Role’ in Vetting Trump Nominees

The incoming Senate majority leader, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), said, ‘None of this is going to be easy.’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to the press after the Senate Republican leadership election in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), in a letter to his successor Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), emphasized the Senate’s constitutional duty to provide advice and consent when dealing with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees.

“Democrats stand ready and willing to work with Senate Republicans to provide advice and consent as we evaluate all of the incoming president’s nominations,” wrote Schumer in a Dec. 1 letter to Thune.