1. Donald Trump nominated an alleged statutory rapist and sex trafficker to be attorney general. He picked a Russian asset to be director of national intelligence. He chose a religious fanatic and Kremlin stooge to be secretary of defense.
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Please, call him a rapist without all those qualifiers, women deserve truth, not constant deference to their attackers 🤠 how many men have to admit it's rape before one man can say another's a rapist? Do you need video from multiple angles?
2. And for secretary of health and human services, he selected an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist who once had a literal brain worm, and who habitually takes (“legal”) steroids to maintain, at the age of 70, the appearance of a physique of a man half his age.
3. There are the obvious things to say about this motley crew.
Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth and Robert F Kennedy Jr are not qualified, respectively, to lead the agencies they have been chosen to lead. None has managed anything larger than an office.
4. None has the expertise required. Gaetz has never worked in law enforcement, Gabbard in intelligence, Hegseth in military leadership or Kennedy in public health. Their only qualification is their loyalty to the man who picked them, and how they look to him when they are on television.
5. Right now, the discussion seems to be concentrated on the Senate Republicans, who will have majority control of that chamber in January. They will be responsible ultimately for vetting Trump’s cabinet picks.
6. The question is whether they will find the courage to restrain the president-elect or roll over, either by approving them or by letting Trump have what he wants through recess appointments.
7. Among liberals, the discussion seems to be limited to the absurdities each of these people brings to governance as well as the dangers they pose. “Yes, shake your head at the seeming absurdity of these picks,” wrote MSNBC’s Jen Psaki.
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Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth and Robert F Kennedy Jr are not qualified, respectively, to lead the agencies they have been chosen to lead. None has managed anything larger than an office.
Hegseth was a captain—an 03 junior officer. The current SecDef is a 4 star general.
https://www.msnbc.com/inside-with-jen-psaki/real-risks-trump-cabinet-matt-gaetz-rfk-jr-rcna180418?cid=eml_mda_20241116&user_email=02b9ea1b0091994aa5bc64b3e4dba276a8bd0caefce0c63c06e45806eb6cda49