Angus King asked how the President became a monarch. He has voted to confirm 50 of Trump's nominees, and against 170.
- 20 FEB 2025SAID
- 2025–26≠ VOTED YES
≠ What he said about Trump, and his votes on Trump's nominees
1 · SAID · 20 FEB 2025
“The people who are cheering this on, I fear, in a reasonably short period of time, are going to say: Where did this go? How did this happen? How did we make our President into a monarch? How did this happen? How it happened is we gave it up.”
Senate floor.
2 · ≠ VOTED YES · 2025–26
| Question | On the Nomination (confirmation roll calls) |
|---|---|
| King | 50 Yea · 170 Nay · 3 not voting |
| Cabinet secretaries | 6 of the 50 Yeas |
| Timing | 43 of the 50 came after this speech |
| Nays include | Hegseth, Bondi, Vought, Gabbard, RFK Jr., Patel |
| 20 JAN 2025 | Marco Rubio, Secretary of State: 99-0 |
| 23 JAN 2025 | John Ratcliffe, CIA Director: 74-25 |
| 27 JAN 2025 | Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary: 68-29 |
| 28 JAN 2025 | Sean Duffy, Transportation Secretary: 77-22 |
| 30 JAN 2025 | Doug Burgum, Interior Secretary: 80-17 |
| 3 FEB 2025 | Chris Wright, Energy Secretary: 59-38 |
| 4 FEB 2025 | Doug Collins, Veterans Affairs Secretary: 77-23 |
| 24 MAR 2025 | John Phelan, Navy Secretary: 62-30 |
| 24 MAR 2025 | Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State: 60-31 |
| 29 APR 2025 | David Perdue, Ambassador to China: 67-29 |
| 13 MAY 2025 | Troy Meink, Air Force Secretary: 74-25 |
| 17 DEC 2025 | Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator: 67-30 |
| 29 APR 2026 | Robert Cekada, ATF Director: 59-39 |
DID THEY EXPLAIN? NOT THAT WE FOUND
We found no statement from them explaining this.
HOW WE CHECKED THIS
The quote was transcribed from the video and cut at sentence boundaries. Every roll call was read in the senate.gov XML on 21 Oct 2026; totals cover all 223 nomination roll calls of the 119th Congress through 30 Sep 2026 (cloture and voice votes excluded). Spot an error? Tell us, and we’ll correct it in public.