WASHINGTON ― Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) complained Sunday that Democrats were needlessly slowing down confirmations of Donald Trump’s administration officials. Several of Trump’s picks have come under fire for not paying taxes or simply not knowing enough about the department they would run. While being questioned by “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace, McConnell argued that Senate Democrats were treating Trump unfairly. But the exchange got awkward when Wallace suggested McConnell had raised similar concerns over then-President Barack Obama’s nominees at the beginning of his first term. “But senator, weren’t you guilty of some selective outrage back in 2009?” Wallace asked.

Source: Huffington Post January 22, 2017 16:25 UTC