Trump State Department nominee's confirmation in jeopardy after past Holocaust comments

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Source: ABC News

February 13, 2026, 6:43 PM


Jeremy Carl, President Donald Trump's nominee for a top job at the State Department, is facing bipartisan pushback from senators of both parties over past racist comments he made and there are growing chances his confirmation could be stalled.

Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah announced Thursday that he will not support Carl's nomination for the role of assistant secretary of state for international organization after a heated confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier in the day.

During the hearing, senators pressed Carl on past controversial comments about Israel, Jews and the Holocaust.

Carl, a senior fellow at the conservative think tank the Claremont Institute, was asked by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire about his comments from 2024 on a podcast in which he reportedly said, "Jews have often loved to play the victim." "This is a pattern,” Shaheen said.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-state-department-nominees-confirmation-jeopardy-after-past/story?id=130144025

[lonely bird]

1. A Republican is a racist and anti-Semite?

I am stunned.

Btw, the Claremont Institute, the Heritage Foundatiin and the Federalist Society are all terrorist organizations.

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2. You can add the Cato Institute in that list too!

[lonely bird]

3. Of course!

How silly of me to forget that one.