The Schumer Shutdown is not stopping the confirmation of Trump nominees. Senate Republicans just finished confirming more than 100 of them.
This has got to be driving Democrats completely crazy.
Not only are they losing the optics battle during this shutdown, they’re not stopping Trump’s agenda from moving forward.
FOX News reports:
Senate Republicans confirm more than 100 Trump nominees as government shutdown continues
Senate Republicans confirmed a staggering tranche of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Tuesday as the government shutdown continues.
Lawmakers voted along party lines to confirm the batch of 107 of Trump’s nominees, a move that whittled down the remaining pending nominees on the Senate’s calendar to double digits. It also came as the upper chamber was deadlocked in the midst of a government shutdown, during which floor votes have largely been dedicated to trying to reopen the government.
The slate of confirmed nominees included many of Trump’s top allies and former candidates that he hand-picked to run in previous elections.
Some of the most recognizable on the list were former Republican Senate candidate and ex-NFL star Herschel Walker, who was tapped as the U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, and Sergio Gor, a top advisor to Trump who he picked to be his U.S. Ambassador to India.
Other posts confirmed included a wave of senior administration officials, several prosecutors and the reappointment of Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins to a seat on the commission until 2031.
See the short clip below:
BREAKING: The US Senate just confirmed 107 President TRUMP NOMINEES all in one go, 51-47.
This is DESPITE Chuck Schumer’s shutdown. pic.twitter.com/gqRdoFC9PF
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 7, 2025
Axios is reporting that Trump has now surpassed Joe Biden in confirming nominees:
Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) hyped the Senate’s progress on confirming Trump nominees during a closed-door lunch on Tuesday.
Why it matters: Thanks to new rules through the “nuclear option,” the Senate confirmed another big batch of nominees Tuesday evening — putting them ahead of tallies at the same point under the Biden and first Trump administrations.
By the numbers: Barrasso compared the nominee confirmation numbers of the past few administrations, in a presentation slide obtained by Axios.
The total number of Trump 2.0 confirmations is now at 298 after Tuesday’s votes.
That’s more than the 201 nominees confirmed at this point under former President Biden, and the 183 confirmations at this point in Trump’s first term.
More confirmed nominees for Trump means more of his agenda is getting done.