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Gillibrand, Schumer vote against Haspel CIA nomination
May 18, 2018 12:25 pm
Someone who refuses to say torture is immoral, and who was engaged in destroying evidence of torture, should not be running the CIA.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) May 17, 2018
For that reason, I voted NO on Gina Haspel's nomination today.
Both New York senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, voted against the nomination of Gina Haspel to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on May 17. Her nomination passed 54-45. "Someone who refuses to say torture is immoral, and who was engaged in destroying evidence of torture, should not be running the CIA. For that reason, I voted no on Gina Haspel's nomination today," Gillibrand tweeted. Schumer was quiet about his vote. "In fact, rather than forcing his caucus in line against Haspel, Schumer continued to keep his vote to himself, a gesture that allows senators to chart their own courses without the overhang of leadership," Time magazine reported.