The First Trump Cabinet Member Has Officially Been CONFIRMED!

It’s official: Marco Rubio has just been confirmed as President Trump’s Secretary of State!

The Florida senator is the very first Trump cabinet member to be confirmed to office.

He received a unanimous vote of 99-0 in the Senate.

Take a look:

Congratulations to Marco Rubio on his unanimous confirmation as Secretary of State—the first in President Trump's Cabinet.

America is back and entering a golden age. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/zXVyHqAICH

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 21, 2025

Marco Rubio has been confirmed as Secretary of State!

He received a unanimous vote of 99-0 pic.twitter.com/1OkDNf41rm

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 20, 2025

🚨BREAKING: Senate unanimously confirms Marco Rubio as Secretary of State with a 99-0 vote. pic.twitter.com/l1Ily7QEnT

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 20, 2025

Marco Rubio was just confirmed by the Senate 99-0 to be Secretary of State.

Rubio has become an absolute fireball for Trump.

Here’s one of Rubio’s finest moments as he obliterates a smug NBC Kristen Welker.pic.twitter.com/kh3BF4IVt1

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) January 20, 2025

Rick Scott posted a great video message on Rubio’s confirmation:

Excited to confirm my friend, @MarcoRubio, as our next Secretary of State! He was a great senator who fought daily to improve Florida families' lives.

I’m going to miss him in the Senate, but I know he will do a fantastic job leading the Department of State. pic.twitter.com/t6BEZGaM4b

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) January 20, 2025

From Fox News:

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the next secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump’s Cabinet picks to receive congressional approval.

Rubio, a senator since 2011, was confirmed during a floor vote by the full Senate Monday night, several hours after Trump took his oath of office earlier in the day. The full Senate floor vote occurred following a separate vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which also voted unanimously in favor of Rubio’s nomination Monday.

Rubio enters his role as secretary of state with a strong foreign policy background as a longtime member of the Senate’s Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees. He is also a first-generation Cuban American.

His road to confirmation has been less controversial than many of Trump’s other Cabinet picks. At Rubio’s first confirmation hearing last week in front of the Foreign Relations Committee, the committee’s top-ranking Democrat, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, said she thought Rubio possessed “the skills” and is “well-qualified” to serve as the next secretary of state. She echoed this sentiment Monday evening as well before the full Senate vote.

“I’ve had a good working relationship with Sen. Rubio for many years, and I was very impressed during his hearing by his grasp of policy,” Shaheen said Monday evening. “While we may not always agree, I believe he has the skills, knowledge and qualifications to be secretary of state.”

ABC News added:

The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, making him the first confirmed member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet in his second administration.

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All 99 senators voted in favor of Rubio, including Rubio himself. There’s currently one vacancy in the chamber due to Vice President J.D. Vance resigning in mid-January. Rubio, the first Hispanic American to hold the position, is expected to resign his position in the Senate shortly.

Rubio’s experience as the top Republican on Senate Intelligence Committee gave his resume the necessary credentials to earn the public backing of a number of Democrats.

“Leading the U.S. Department of State is a tremendous responsibility, and I am honored by the trust President Trump has placed in me,” Rubio said after he was tapped by Trump in November. “As Secretary of State, I will work every day to carry out his foreign policy agenda. Under the leadership of President Trump, we will deliver peace through strength and always put the interests of Americans and America above all else. I look forward to earning the support of my colleagues in the U.S. Senate so the President has his national security and foreign policy team in place when he takes office on January 20.”