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Subject: Spin Cycle: The Knives Are Out For Trump's Nominees
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:34:02 -0500
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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.� https://t.co/rz4lVLcu6G 
	pic.twitter.com/HTqUKVJcn9

	� 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. 
	https://t.co/UFjFi701vp pic.twitter.com/ICPF7dho4C

	� 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.� 
	https://t.co/UdlE70pVUJ pic.twitter.com/3090OsdipG

	� 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.� https://t.co/pZvb6OIEJJ 
	pic.twitter.com/2dUkniZmLd

	� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 17, 2024

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.� 
	https://t.co/xLt9uL6BwB pic.twitter.com/5xAZ39CFsN

	� This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 17, 2024

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 
	first� pic.twitter.com/yAMhxUGRvL

	� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) November 17, 2024

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 
	the federal bureaucracy� pic.twitter.com/1AuB0zP5cU

	� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) November 17, 2024

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.� 
	pic.twitter.com/pRUh6SCkCb

	� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) November 17, 2024

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