“My view is that the president deserves wide latitude in their nominations, but the more important the position is, the less latitude they have.”
— Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), about Rex Tillerson’s nomination to be Secretary of State on January 11, 2017.
“We give great deference to the president… and the more important the job, the more discretion the president deserves.”
— Rubio, about the nomination of Jim Bridentstein to head NASA earlier today.
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