Republicans demand Senate confirm Trump national security team 'as soon as possible' after New Year's Day attacks

Republicans are demanding that the Senate confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s national security picks “as soon as possible” after the deadly New Orleans terror attack and potential terror act in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.

“With reports of ISIS inspiration, the American people expect clear answers from the administration,” said incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on X.

“The threat posed by ISIS will outlast this administration, and this is a clear example of why the Senate must get President Trump’s national security team in place as quickly as possible.”

“The U.S. Senate must confirm President Trump’s national security team as soon as possible. Lives depend on it,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) also wrote Wednesday on X, hours after the attacks.