Trump nominee for State Department role drops out after his race comments jeopardized confirmation
Source: Reuters
March 10, 2026 9:14 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's nominee for a senior State Department position withdrew from consideration on Tuesday after his controversial comments about Jewish people and diminishing white power stirred rare Republican opposition to the president's choice.
In a statement on X, Jeremy Carl, Trump's nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations, thanked Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for their support, but said their backing was not sufficient.
"We also needed the unanimous support of every GOP Senator on the Committee on Foreign Relations, given the unanimous opposition of Senate Democrats to my candidacy, and unfortunately, at this time this unanimous support was not forthcoming," Carl said, using the acronym for Grand Old Party, a nickname for the Republican Party.
The influential Senate committee typically votes on a nomination before sending it to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. Carl's nomination was in doubt since Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah, a member of the committee, said after Carl's nomination hearing in February he did not believe Carl was the right person to represent the country's best interests at international organizations. Curtis cited Carl's "anti-Israel views" and "insensitive remarks" about Jewish people as disqualifying factors.
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