Trump to nominate fox news host as secretary of defense
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Here’s everything Hegseth said that clearly makes him qualified to become our nation’s military Secretary of Defense in the list below. Let me know if I missed something.
I expected this to happen. Democrats who know there isn't a real reason why he shouldn't be SecDef are more concerned with opposing trump and staying in power by appeasing their party than doing the right thing and allowing a popularly elected president who scored a massive electoral college win have his cabinet choices.
Good day for America.
What would be the point of having them confirmed? Or put another way, what would be an acceptable reason to you to resist a nomination?
i'm assuming that's a legitimate question. "advice and consent" is what the Senate is supposed to do. room for interpretation there for sure. i come down on the side of allowing the elected executive have his nominees so that he can get his admin up and running. Historically that's been the precident, and I agree.
Edit: I'd vote to confirm if it were me. Would have done the same for Bidens' pick probably but i can't remember any of the runup to his confirmation or the hearings. In some military circles he wasn't regarded too highly but I really don't remember much that was said by or about him.
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I guess I don’t see the point if it’s an expectation.
In my mind, the reason you force them to go through a confirmation process is to force the executive branch to try to stay towards moderation. So the President can’t install complete yes men (or women) with no qualifications at all. The historical precedent is there because most presidents choose candidates that make sense. Even if a party doesn’t agree with them, they are logical candidates for the other side.
Were Biden’s picks unanimously confirmed?
