'Spectacle' Cabinet hearings could be 'potentially damaging' to Trump momentum: analyst
Noting that there is little expectation that any of Donald Trump's more troublesome nominees to join his Cabinet will fall by the wayside before their Senate hearings, MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire claimed they could become a different kind of problem for the president-elect.
With fellow MSNBC host Jen Psaki predicting the nationally televised hearings of characters like ex-Fox News personality Pete Hegseth and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard could be fiery, the "Morning Joe" co-host suggested that might not be in Trump's best interest.
"I was talking to Trump officials this week," Lemire began. "[Attorney general nominee] Matt Gaetz, he took himself out of the running there. He realized he had no chance and bailed out privately. The rest have been instructed to fight. This is the strategy from the Trump team; we're not going to ask any of our nominees to withdraw."
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"I mean, they allow for the possibility that some other damaging revelation could emerge that could change the calculus, but at least for now, they're saying, no, we want a full-court press," he elaborated. "Pressure these republicans, we're seeing that campaign already begin. We want to have these, Trump's choices, get confirmed, which means having those hearings."
"Those hearings, particularly for, you know, Tulsi Gabbard," he added. "Yes, Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel –– add Robert F. Kennedy to the list. They're going to be spectacles that could be potentially damaging to the momentum Trump wants to have coming into office."
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