GOP big: We’ll grill Joe’s picks

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees for Cabinet positions will have a bumpy road if the GOP controls the Senate next year, the third-ranking Republican in the chamber said.

“So it’s not going to be a garden party if the Republicans are in the majority. These nominees are going to have to run the gantlet,” John Barrasso (Wyo.) said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Barrasso, chair of the Senate Republican Conference, said his colleagues will not “rubber stamp” Biden’s nominees during confirmation hearings.

“We are not going to forget what happened with President Trump’s administration and the delayed process that went through it,” he said.

He signaled that former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Biden’s pick to run the Energy Department, would come under intense scrutiny.

“The impact of that on our economy, on jobs . . . the men and women who work . . . the energy that America needs . . . so you bet I’m going to ask tough questions,” he said.

Two Senate runoff elections in Georgia on Jan. 5 will determine which party controls the upper house of Congress.

Two incumbent GOP senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, are being challenged by Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock.

If the Democrats win both seats, the chamber will be split 50-50 and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris would cast any tie-breaking votes, but if the GOP keeps one or both posts, it will remain in control of the Senate.