As of now, Trump's first choice for Attorney General has withdrawn. Another minor appointee pulled out when he learned what the job actually was. The consensus is that Pete Hegseth is circling the drain.
All of this has happened before a single confirmation hearing.
As such, the Senate has torpedoed two of this five worst picks without getting a speck of blood on their shoes. This - hopefully - means that at least two other uniquely unqualified and dangerous nominees - Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel - could be lost during confirmation.
I know there are people who would like to see RFK, Jr jettisoned, but I think he makes it through, simply because Republicans don't give a damn about public health. They ostensibly care about national security - well, some of them do - and Gabbard and Patel are really terrible picks under any normal scrutiny.
All of which brings us to today's installment of "Imagine If A Democrat Did This." Segments of the press are still harrumphing over Biden's completely understandable pardon of his son, as if the Hunter Biden case wasn't political to its core. Hunter should have been allowed to finish his plea deal, but it was scuttled by Republicans, so the pardon is right on the merits.
But let's imagine a scenario where Harris has seen her AG and SecDef already blown up over allegations of pedophilia, rape, alcoholism and sexual assault. Imagine the 24/7 firestorm in the media.
The standard to which Trump is held by the press and by extension the public is the greatest national failure of our time in Trumpistan.
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