Thread by @SteveGuest

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Early this morning, Sen. Ted Cruz said he would continue his holds on State Department nominees until Biden stops appeasing Putin with the #NordStream2 pipeline.

“I will place holds on these nominees unless & until [Biden] follows the law and stops this pipeline" - Cruz

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Larry Andre, Jr, Biden’s nominee to be Ambassador to Somalia.

"The Biden administration decided to waive those sanctions [on NS2]. Waiving those sanctions, I believe, will prove to be a generational, geopolitical mistake."

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Elizabeth Aubin to be ambassador to Algeria.

Sen. Cruz: “We have yet to see Democratic members of this body willing to stand up as vigorously to their own party's president, who is actively and eagerly facilitating the building of [NS2]"

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Maria E. Brewer to be ambassador to Lesotho.

Sen. Cruz: “It is a generational geopolitical mistake to give a multi billion dollar gift to Vladimir Putin to strengthen Russia and to undermine US national security."

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Christopher Lamoria to be ambassador to Cameroon.

Sen. Cruz: “Joe Biden and the Biden administration [are] defying US law passed with overwhelming bipartisan support from Congress."

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Tulinabo S. Mushingi to be ambassador to Angola and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.

Sen. Cruz: Biden "should not be given a massive multi billion dollar gift to Putin, strengthening Russia & weakening America..."

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Eugene S. Young, to be ambassador to Congo:

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Michele Jeanne Sison to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs):

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Todd D. Robinson to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs):

"Biden has made the decision to give a massive multi billion dollar gift to Vladimir Putin."

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Daniel J. Kritenbrink to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs): "Joe Biden should not be defying US law. ... that constitutes unilateral surrender to Russia."

Now Democrat Senator Bob Menendez is getting tired.

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Marc Evans Knapper to be Ambassador to Vietnam.

WATCH:

But Sen. Cruz keeps going.

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Christopher P. Lu to be ambassador to U.N. Management and Reform.

Biden giving Putin NS2 "in defiance of US law, in contravention of the overwhelming bipartisan consensus of Congress... I object."

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Christopher P. Lu to an Alternate Representative at the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Cruz objects b/c Biden is endangering our national security.

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Rufus Gifford to be Chief of Protocol noting again, "It is a generational geopolitical mistake for Joe Biden to give a multi billion dollar gift to Vladimir Putin."

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Marcela Escobari to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

Cruz is trying to “pressure the Biden administration to follow the law and to defend US national security interests.”

Now Menendez is tired out, Democrat Senator @ChrisMurphyCT tags in.

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Biden nominee Anne A. Witkowsky to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations).

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Anne A. Witkowsky to be Coordinator for Reconstruction & Stabilization.

"Something bad is going to happen & there's a reason for it. The Biden foreign policy in just 7 months, has been the most disastrous FP" since Carter.

Sen. Cruz kept his hold on Mary Catherine Phee to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2026.

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Mary Catherine Phee to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2021.

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Mary Catherine Phee, of Illinois to be an Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs).

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Lee Satterfield to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs).

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Karen Donfried to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European Affairs and Eurasian Affairs).

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Jessica Lewis to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs).

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Donald Lu to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Paloma Adams-Allen to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Isobel Coleman to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

Sen. Cruz also kept his hold on Brett M. Holmgren be an Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research).