Beloved Trump Nominee Forced To Withdraw After RINO Senator Blocks His Confirmation

Jeremy Carl, President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, withdrew his nomination Tuesday after running into bipartisan resistance over past comments on race, religion, and Israel.

Carl, a conservative commentator and senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, said he no longer had the unanimous Republican support needed to move his nomination through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Trump nominated Carl for the State Department post alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

“I am withdrawing my nomination for consideration as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs,” Carl wrote Tuesday afternoon. “I am tremendously grateful to President Trump for nominating me and then (upon expiration of my original nomination) renominating me for this role, and I am also grateful to Secretary Rubio and his team for their continued support throughout this long and time-consuming process.”

Republicans hold a narrow 12-10 majority on the committee, meaning a single GOP defection could stall a nominee with a tie vote and keep the nomination from advancing to the full Senate.

Carl faced scrutiny during his confirmation hearing last month, with lawmakers pressing him over past remarks about “White identity,” immigration, and Israel. His views on all three issues are largely shared by grassroots Republicans.

Still, Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, later said Carl was not the “right person to represent our nation’s best interests in international forums,” pointing to what he described as anti-Israel views and comments he considered insensitive toward Jewish people. Curtis has frequently been labeled a “Republican in name only,” or “RINO,” since his election.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., also questioned Carl about his references to “White identity” and what he believed was being “erased.” Carl said he was referring to what he sees as the erosion of a shared American culture due to mass immigration and said he stood by those comments. Murphy later labeled him a “legit White nationalist” on social media.

Jeremy Carl

Carl pushed back on that characterization.

He said he is “not a White nationalist” and insisted his comments referred to a broadly shared American culture that people of all backgrounds could embrace.

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“Unfortunately, at this time this unanimous support was not forthcoming,” Carl wrote, adding that he did not want the administration to “waste valuable time and energy” attempting to force the nomination through.

“Unfortunately, for senior positions such as this one, the support of the President and Secretary of State is very important but not sufficient,” Carl added on X. “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.”

The role Carl had been nominated to fill oversees U.S. engagement with the United Nations and other international organizations. He previously served as a deputy assistant secretary at the Interior Department during Trump’s first term.

“I remain extremely confident in President Trump, Secretary Rubio, and the rest of the outstanding team at State (a group of leaders that includes many close friends),” Carl concluded on X. “I know they will continue to pursue a foreign policy that puts America first, and that they will work to ensure America is able to exercise its power and influence in the world like never before.”

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