President Donald Trump’s pick for a senior role at the State Department said Tuesday that he is withdrawing from consideration after having faced bipartisan backlash over his comments about race and religion.
Jeremy Carl, a conservative political commentator, said he was backing out of his nomination to be assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs because of a lack of support from Republican senators.
Carl needed unanimous support from all GOP members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to advance to a full Senate confirmation vote. Republicans on the panel hold a 12-10 majority, so any GOP vote against him would stall his nomination at 11-11 since tie votes do not advance to the Senate floor.
“Unfortunately, at this time this unanimous support was not forthcoming,” Carl wrote on X.
“I accept that political reality, and do not wish to have the President, Secretary Rubio, or the rest of his team waste valuable
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