Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted in favor of 19 of former President Joe Biden's 21 Cabinet nominees in 2021, a Fox News digital analysis shows.
Murkowski voted against the confirmation of former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Betella and did not vote for former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.
She voted in favor of Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski was voting to confirm all but two of then-President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees. (Getty Images)
The Alaska senator is facing a barrage of attacks from supporters of President Donald Trump over his opposition to his nominee to lead Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth.
“I commend Pete Hegseth's service to our country, which includes leading our troops in combat and advocating for our veterans. However, these accomplishments weigh heavily on my nomination. It does not alleviate our concerns,” Murkowski said in a lengthy statement posted on X this week.
She cited his lack of relevant experience with Pentagon policy, allegations that he mismanaged two veterans organizations he previously led, and allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking that Hegseth denied. expressed concern about.
“Although the allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking do nothing to calm my concerns, Mr. Hegseth has demonstrated the impossible judgment of those who lead our military, including infidelity on multiple occasions. “It shows a lack of it,” Murkowski wrote.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski opposes Pete Heggs' nomination. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Among those who criticized her stance: R-Wis., a former Navy SEAL. Congressman Derrick Van Alden was there. Van Alden targeted Markovsky for voting for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“You voted for two men who are responsible for the murder of these 13 heroes. The internet is forever and your time will not be in office,” Van Alden said in a suicide bombing in Kabul. I wrote to X in relation to a killed service member.
“I strongly recommend that you give this terrible advice and fire the staff member who wrote X post.”
But some on the right agree with Murkowski. One GOP lawmaker previously spoke about Hegseth to Fox News Digital. [Defense Secretary] It creates discipline problems. ”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski opposed then-President Joe Biden's nomination of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc., Getty Images)
Murkowski told Politico In 2020, “every president has the right to a Cabinet,” but it was the Senate's responsibility to make sure those people were “qualified and qualified candidates.”
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who also opposes Hegseth, voted in favor of all of Biden's cabinet members in 2021.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Murkowski's office for comment.
