Markwayne Mullin Tells Scott Jennings What Options Republicans Have To Overcome Dems’ Obstruction On Trump Nominees

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma on Tuesday told Salem radio talk show host Scott Jennings that Republicans had not ruled out cancelling the August recess to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees to various positions to address obstruction from Senate Democrats.

Senate Republicans have accused Democrats of engaging in a “historic level of obstruction” regarding Trump’s nominees, noting that not one Trump nominee has been confirmed via voice vote or unanimous consent in his second term, The Hill reported. Mullin provided Jennings with some statistics on just how many nominees have faced the filibuster after Jennings asked if the recess could be cancelled or shortened.

“I just came out of a meeting with Senator Thune , and that’s actually not off the table at all,” Mullin told Jennings. “We’re still trying to get these noms done. The problem’s, can we get, can we reach a quorum call? So we gotta get fifty plus one, meaning that every Republican, essentially has to be here for you to have it happen, and that’s still a question is: Can we meet that quorum call every day? So let me just give some facts about what’s happened so far. So this time versus Trump 45, so in 2017 versus 2025, 2017, we only had 55 confirmations done for President Trump.”

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“Today we have 110 as of as I’m talking to you right now, when I get off the phone, we will have 111, cause I gotta run up and vote, but… we have 110 right now, which is great,” Mullin continued. “The thing that is, that is something that’s never happened to any president of the United States, is President Trump is the only president in history not to have one single nominees go by unanimous consent or by voice vote. The Democrats have filibustered every single nominee except the very first one, which is Marco Rubio.”

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