Tag: Cabinet of Deplorables
No Qualifications, No Problem
Seems like senators are no longer on the fence,
The Rs are approving Tulsi Gabbard without pretense.
She’s a proven liar,
But Trump wants to hire her:
So, you don’t have to be smart to be Trump’s director of intelligence.
Fewer than 1 in 5 Support Hegseth for Defense Secretary
19%
A new AP-NORC poll finds just 19% of Americans approve of Pete Hegseth being nominated as the secretary of defense.
Nobel Laureates Band Together Against RFK Jr.
75
“More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services,” the New York Times reports. “The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice.”
Davis: Hegseth’s Faults Qualify Him to Be a Senator
“Let’s get this straight: Pete Hegseth used to drink too much and couldn’t keep his dick in his pants. He’d make a great senator.”
— Former GOP Senate aide Mike Davis, on X, suggesting senators operate with a moral double standard.
Trump’s Is a Cabinet of Deplorable Billionaires
$9 billion
Trump has nominated at least 10 billionaires (or billionaire spouses) to cabinet positions and other top roles, making the incoming presidential team the wealthiest in history. Just his cabinet nominees are collectively worth more than $9 billion, according to New York Magazine. Though Biden’s cabinet is also a moneyed persons club, its wealth amounted to just $118 million in 2021, per Forbes.
Patel’s No Boswell
Word is that Kash Patel is a MAGA-mad, vindictive kook,
And getting him confirmed is going to be a real donnybrook.
But kids might be safer to have the guy
Running a vengeance campaign at the FBI
Than sitting down to write another children’s picture book.