The Source With Kaitlan Collins: Maggie Haberman On What She’s Hearing From Donald Trump’s Orbit About Pete Hegseth

Source:CNN talking to New York Times national political reporter Maggie Haberman.

"CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman weighs in on the latest developments surrounding Pete Hegseth’s battle to win confirmation to serve as the next defense secretary and how President-elect Donald Trump’s orbit is handling it." 

From CNN

Molly Jong-Fast: You deserve senators that take their article two section two responsibility seriously

Aaron Rupar: Tommy Tuberville tells CNN that he doesn't think Republican senators should really vet Trump's nominees at all because Trump did it for them

Fred Schneider: I guess there's no reason left to wonder why Bill Kristol considers Tommy Tuberville to be the stupidest member of Congress. Apparently he's not even aware that the executive and legislative branches are actually separate from each other.

From Molly Jong-Fast

I put the Molly Jong-Fast and Aaron Rupar posts up about Senator Tommy Tuberville (Republican, Alabama) because there are some Republican senators who simply believe that Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, simply doesn't apply to President Donald J. Trump. That Congress, including the Senate, should be nothing but be a stamp of approval for President Trump. 

But, as we're seeing with Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet appointments, the 119th Congress, won't be a rubber stamp for the Trump Administration, at least early on. 

Matt Gaetz had to drop of consideration for Attorney General, because he was struggling just to get to 40-42 votes in the Senate. You need 51, including the Vice President of the United States, to be confirmed by the Senate.

Assuming Pete Hegseth doesn't get in as the next Secretary of Defense, (and I would make that bet) Tulsi Gabbard I believe would be the next Trump appointee to drop out. And she's currently up for Director of National Intelligence. 

Kash Patel was lawyer in the U.S. Department of Justice at 1 point. But most of his career, especially late career, has been as a MAGA, political, reality TV star. who has said in the past that the U.S. Department of Justice should be used to go after people he doesn't believe are loyal to America. Which translates to anyone who has ever opposed or criticized Donald J. Trump about anything, at anytime.

Our Founding Fathers (our Founding Liberals) were brilliant when they designed American form of government, with all its checks and balances. We not only have a White House and a Congress. But a Congress that has two different chambers, that can and do hold each other accountable. 

And just because 1 party controls both The White House and both chambers of Congress, doesn't mean the President always gets what he wants. And when he sends bad nominees to the Senate for conformation, he not just gets pushback, because most of the senators, a solid majority of them, believe in their Article 1 Congressional duty and hold each of the nominees accountable and do their homework.

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