Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) thundered against the cabinet picks made so far by President-elect Donald Trump, who has nominated some controversial appointees.
Leading the way is Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz, who is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl in 2017 when he was about 35. The House Ethics Committee was scheduled to vote last Friday on whether to release its findings, but canceled the vote after Gaetz resigned from Congress last Wednesday.
For Director of National Intelligence, Trump chose Russia dove Tulsi Gabbard, who met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2017 and subsequently slammed the U.S. for supporting anti-Assad elements in the country. A former Democratic member of Congress, Gabbard left the party in 2022, became a Fox News contributor, and supported Trump’s reelection bid.
Trump also nominated former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Hegseth paid a settlement to a woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017.
And for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Trump chose anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has baselessly claimed that chemicals in the water supply are affecting kids’ sexuality.
McGovern slammed the aforementioned selections in a floor speech on Tuesday:
And their cabinet picks so far? These are like, beyond insane. Someone who is credibly accused of having sex with an underage girl. Someone who sucks up to foreign dictators and has attracted major concern that they can’t be trusted to protect America’s secrets from you are adversaries. Someone who paid hush money to cover up a sexual assault accusation, you know, to lead our military. He’s picked because Donald Trump likes him on Fox News? Someone who says that tap water turns kids gay?
I mean, this is the dream team?! This is the dream team? Really? I mean, seriously, it would be funny if it weren’t so sad. And hopefully, the United States Senate has a backbone and insists on a thorough confirmation process.
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