Only 6 people have ever voted against an FBI director. Five of them did today

[swag]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/08/01/politics/fbi-director-history-no-votes/index.html

By Ryan Struyk, CNN

(CNN)Only once had a US Senator ever voted against a nominee for FBI director -- until today.

Five Democrats cast their ballots Tuesday afternoon opposing the confirmation of Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the country's top investigative agency.

The vote was 92-5. The final list of negative votes included Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden. Historically, lawmakers have aimed for broad bipartisan support on pivotal, nonpartisan nominees, but data shows lawmakers and their constituents are more divided than they've been in decades.

The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Wray unanimously in July. Wray formerly worked in the Department of Justice under former President George W. Bush.

James Comey, who was confirmed in 2013, received the only other opposing vote in history -- Sen. Rand Paul voted no after raising questions about how the agency was using surveillance drones on American soil.

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[onecaliberal]

1. How could any democrats vote for that rat?

[burrowowl]

9. Good Question!

[BigmanPigman]

2. I thought I heard Franken's name on that list on the news earlier.

[yallerdawg]

3. Sen. Gillibrand will not vote for anything or anyone Trump.

Period.

[appal_jack]

12. This is the correct stance.

And I admire Senator Gillibrand for it!

-app

[Rhiannon12866]

13. She used to be my congresswoman!

[PoliticAverse]

4. "Only 6 people have ever voted against an FBI director" - it's like they're afraid of what might...

happen if they voted no for someone that was confirmed or something.

[uppityperson]

6. Here's the direct cnn link

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/politics/fbi-director-history-no-votes/index.html

[JoeOtterbein]

8. Dang! You beat me by a second! LOL! Thanks uppity!

[Alice11111]

10. Thx for the link. Wow, Hoover was there almost half a century, 48 years.

[JoeOtterbein]

7. Another link:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/politics/fbi-director-history-no-votes/index.html

[Honeycombe8]

11. These 5 Democrats are RIGHT. Wrap is a tool with Russian connections and a Trump loyalist.

He will, w/o a doubt, pipe info about the investigation to him, and possibly drag his heels to respond to requests by Mueller.

I saw part of his hearing. It was like pulling teeth to get him to say he'd advise anyone getting a call from Russia with dirt on opponent to call the FBI. Actually, he didn't even say THAT. He said the FBI would want to know about it. He did NOT tell them to call the FBI if that happened. Very telling.

[nilesobek]

14. The concern is the suspicion that Trump

will delete critical information from his files with an assist from the new Director. No proof, of course there never is.