Senator Warns Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks in for ‘Rude Awakening’ [Video]

Senator Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said President-elect Donald Trump‘s “anti-environment” nominees will face a “rude awakening” during a press conference Saturdayat the United Nations‘ (U.N.) Conference of the Parties (COP29).

Markey and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, led the Senate delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the COP29 climate summit where other heads of states, lawmakers, and environmental leaders joined. Markey and Sheldon are members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

The senators both expressed fears of a second Trump administration rolling back environmental protections during the press conference. As more nominees have been announced, Trump’s environmental agenda has been brought to the forefront more.

Speaking about the slew of recent Trump Cabinet picks, Markey said, “There’s a rude awakening that the Trump anti-environment nominees are going to receive.”

He called Trump’s recent picks as part of a plan not “on appointing a Cabinet, but appointing a cartel, who will control American environmental and energy …