Senate Republicans are getting ready to turn against yet another pick by President Donald Trump. At least four Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have expressed opposition to Amer Ghalib’s nomination as U.S. ambassador to Kuwait over a history of social media posts perceived as antisemitic and policies supporting Palestinians. “I was a ‘no’ even before the hearing,” Curtis told Politico. Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts is still on the fence, telling the outlet that he planned to have conversations with committee chairman Jim Risch about Ghalib. Senators grilled Ghalib on his views during a tense hearing last week....
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