For those who don�t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television � and
their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week�s worth of network
and cable news media spin � The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of
what you may have missed.
Now that the 2024 presidential election is in the rearview mirror � not to
mention the fact that President-elect Donald Trump has a decisive mandate to
govern along with a solid majority in the incoming Senate � media appears
content to pass the time leading up to the holidays and the now inevitable
Trump transition by casting doubt on every nomination and appointment he
makes.
On ABC News� �This Week,� host Jonathan Karl kicked off the show by
attempting to cast doubt on the process, suggesting that Trump was rushing �
and perhaps being less than thorough � to fill out his White House and his
cabinet, and fretting about the lack of FBI background checks thus far.
�Donald Trump has chosen nearly all of his Cabinet nominees and senior White
House staff, making his picks at a record pace and bypassing the typical
vetting process � no FBI background checks yet for any of them,� Karl said.
�Donald Trump has chosen nearly all of his Cabinet nominees and
senior White House staff, making his picks at a record pace and
bypassing the typical vetting process � no FBI background checks
yet for any of them,� @JonKarl reports.
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
As for Trump�s efforts to get the incoming Republican Senate majority to back
his nominees, Karl said that he�d been told that �Senate Republicans would
have no choice but to get in line � or see their political careers go down.�
�A top Trump lieutenant told me Senate Republicans would have no
choice but to get in line � or see their political careers go down.�
@JonKarl has the latest on President-elect Donald Trump�s transition
and Cabinet nominations:
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Karl to discuss the situation, and he
noted that Trump expected to �hit the ground running,� which was why he was
attempting to have all of his nominees ready for hearings and confirmation
votes as soon as he was sworn in. He also argued that Trump�s cabinet would
face the kind of accountability that President Joe Biden�s never had.
�Massive failures on his watch, massive failures by his Cabinet members,�
Hagerty said. �President Trump will fire people that don�t do their job
well.�
GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty says there have been �zero consequences in
President Biden�s Cabinet.�
�Massive failures on his watch, massive failures by his Cabinet
members � President Trump will fire people that don�t do their job
well.�
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
Karl also brought in Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who complained that
without background checks, she did not feel that she could do her job in the
confirmation process properly: �I want to make a decision on each one of them
on the merits, as I�ve done in the past, and I can�t do that without the
background checks.�
Sen. Amy Klobuchar emphasizes the importance of FBI background
checks for Donald Trump�s Cabinet nominees.
�I want to make a decision on each one of them on the merits, as
I�ve done in the past, and I can�t do that without the background
checks.�
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
On CBS News� �Face the Nation,� host Margaret Brennan spoke with Senator
Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) about Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth � and she
attacked his position on women serving in combat roles.
�Our military could not go to war without the women who wear this uniform,�
Duckworth said, appearing to conflate Hegseth�s position � that women should
not serve in direct combat � with an opposition to women in the military
altogether. �And frankly, America�s daughters are just as capable of
defending liberty and freedom as her sons � [It] shows his lack of
understanding of where our military is.�
�He�s just flat-out wrong,� Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a veteran
who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, says about defense
secretary pick Pete Hegseth�s belief that women should not serve in
combat roles.
�Our military could not go to war without the women who wear�
pic.twitter.com/BcXQHfgQ9D
� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) November 24, 2024
Duckworth also made an appearance on CNN�s �State of the Union,� where she
told anchor Dana Bash that she believed former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard �
chosen by Trump to be his Director of National Intelligence � was
�compromised� and �someone who is wholly backing and supportive of Putin.�
�I think she�s compromised.�
.@TammyDuckworth slams Director of National Intelligence pick Tulsi
Gabbard in an interview with @DanaBashCNN. pic.twitter.com/HTNBz9TMWx
� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) November 24, 2024
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) pushed back on Duckworth�s attacks on
Gabbard, saying, �For her to say ridiculous and outright dangerous words like
that is wrong.�
�For her to say ridiculous and outright dangerous words like that is
wrong.�@SenMullin reacts to Sen. Duckworth calling Trump�s nominee
for intel chief Tulsi Gabbard �compromised� and �someone who is
wholly backing and supportive of Putin.� pic.twitter.com/2eXscKwASr
� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) November 24, 2024
Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) also defended Gabbard during an appearance on
NBC�s �Meet the Press.� He told host Kristen Welker that calling her a
Russian asset, as Duckworth essentially had, amounted to a �slur.�
�It�s a slur� to call DNI pick Tulsi Gabbard a foreign asset, says
GOP Sen. Schmitt
https://t.co/kaRpjFJXrC � Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) November 24, 2024
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Spin Cycle: The Hand-Wringing Continues Over Trump Cabinet Picks