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.
President-elect Donald Trump has spent the last week announcing who he wants
serving in his incoming administration, and to say that his picks thus far
have been giving Democrats and media talking heads a serious case of the
vapors would be a serious understatement.
Among those raising the most hackles are prospective Attorney General Matt
Gaetz, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence
Tulsi Gabbard, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
� two of whom had previously run for president before joining forces with
Trump in 2024.
With more than two months to go before Trump is even inaugurated, legacy
media outlets already have their knives out for the President-elect�s choices
� and nowhere has that been more evident than on the Sunday morning political
shows.
ABC News host Martha Raddatz brought in a series of critics to attack Trump�s
choices on �This Week,� beginning with former CDC acting director Dr. Robert
Besser.
�Lives are at stake here,� he said, accusing Kennedy of being anti-vaccine.
Kennedy has repeatedly described his stance as more skeptical of than opposed
to vaccines, arguing that he is in favor of vaccines that have been
thoroughly tested.
Former CDC acting director Dr. Richard Besser tells @MarthaRaddatz
that he is �outraged� by President-elect Donald Trump selecting
vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of
Health and Human Services.
�Lives are at stake here.�
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 17, 2024
Raddatz then brought in Preet Bharara � the former U.S. Attorney from New
York who was famously fired during Trump�s first administration � to attack
Matt Gaetz, Trump�s choice to serve as Attorney General.
�You would want someone at the AG level whose experience with the Justice
Department goes beyond being investigated,� Bharara said. �You want to have
somebody who can pass a basic background check.�
�You would want someone at the AG level whose experience with the
Justice Department goes beyond being investigated � You want to have
somebody who can pass a basic background check,� former U.S. Attorney
Preet Bharara says of Matt Gaetz�s nomination.
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 17, 2024
Raddatz also asked Bharara to weigh in on the possibility that Justice
Department employees could resign en masse in protest if Gaetz were to be
confirmed, but he worried that would politicize the department because Trump
would then be able to fill those positions.
�It would be unfortunate if lots of people left the Justice Department and
left it to political folks to fill the ranks,� he said.
On whether there would be mass resignations over Matt Gaetz being
sworn in as Attorney General, Preet Bharara tells @MarthaRaddatz, �It
would be unfortunate if lots of people left the Justice Department
and left it to political folks to fill the ranks.�
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� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 17, 2024
To discuss Hegseth�s nomination � and his comments indicating his opposition
to women serving in combat roles � Raddatz brought in Senator-elect Elissa
Slotkin (D-MI). Slotkin argued that there were many female officers who were
�concerned� about his nomination.
�There�s real stress in the force,� she said.
Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin says there is �concern from senior women
officers� at the Pentagon over Fox News host Pete Hegseth�s
omination to lead the DOD due to his comments about women in combat
roles.
�There�s real stress in the force right now.�
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Slotkin also fretted over Hegseth�s declared plan to extricate DEI
initiatives from the military, claiming that the Trump administration would
simply dismiss the generals who implemented any such policies �like some sort
of kangaroo court.�
Despite the fact that implementing DEI policies effectively injects politics
into the military, Slotkin argued that removing DEI from the military would
be what ultimately politicized it.
�I think we�re really at risk of politicizing the military in a way that we
can�t put the genie back in the bottle,� she claimed.
Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin says Trump administration could dismiss
generals who promoted DEI efforts �like some sort of kangaroo court.�
�I think we�re really at risk of politicizing the military in a way
that we can�t put the genie back in the bottle.�
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On CBS News� �Face the Nation,� host Margaret Brennan brought in Sue Gordon �
who served during Trump�s first administration as principal deputy director
of national intelligence � to criticize Trump�s choice for DNI, former Hawaii
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
Gordon said that the United States� allies would have to �make their own
assessment over whether we can be trusted with their nation�s interests� and
argued that Gabbard could complicate that. �She comes in with strikes against
her in the trust perspective � Can we trust her with our most sacred
intelligence to represent that in a fair way?�
America�s allies �will make their own assessment over whether we can
be trusted with their nation�s interests,� if Tulsi Gabbard is
confirmed as national intelligence director, says Sue Gordon, former
principal deputy director of national intelligence during Trump�s
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Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) also joined Brennan to talk about Trump putting
billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk � alongside Vivek Ramaswamy � in charge of
downsizing the federal bureaucracy.
�Early returns are not good with respect to his ability to understand the
federal bureaucracy and make it more efficient,� Himes claimed, saying he was
skeptical that the venture would be a success.
Ramaswamy defended the need for just such action, saying they planned to
start with the money � around half a trillion dollars � the federal
government has been spending annually despite it not being authorized by
Congress.
Rep. @jahimes (D-CT) says he�s �skeptical� that Elon Musk, who is
set to help oversee President-elect Trump�s DOGE task force on
government efficiency, �has any clue,� on the matter.
�Early returns are not good with respect to his ability to understand
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On CNN�s �State of the Union,� Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) provided a brief
moment of rational thought.
�It�s still not even Thanksgiving yet� it�s going to be four years,� he said,
warning Democrats not to �freak out� every time Trump posts on social media
or announces another staffing decision.
.@SenFettermanPA: Dems can�t �freak out� over �every tweet or every
appointment� after Trump�s victory.
�It�s still not even Thanksgiving yet� it�s going to be four years.�
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� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) November 17, 2024
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Spin Cycle: The Knives Are Out For Trump's Nominees