John Ratcliffe is the 'least-qualified person ever nominated' for national intelligence director, officials say

John Ratcliffe.
(Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) doesn't exactly have a fan club lining up to support him.

President Trump on Sunday announced that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats would be stepping down soon, and that Ratcliffe would be nominated to take his place. Yet even Senate Republicans wouldn't give Ratcliffe a confident endorsement after the announcement, while current and former intelligence officials are calling him "the least-qualified person ever nominated to oversee the country’s intelligence agencies," The Washington Post reports.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.