Democrat Torches Trump Picks As 'Beyond Insane' In Brutal House Floor Rant
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said Tuesday that the selection "would be funny if it weren't so sad," adding, "This is the dream team? Really?”
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) expressed his sincere bafflement Tuesday about President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, which have caused widespread concern for multiple reasons including that at least four of them have been accused of sexual misconduct.
Trump nominated former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who was investigated for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old, to be his attorney general. He also nominated former Fox News host and veteran Pete Hegseth, who was investigated for sexual assault in 2017.
McGovern, on the House floor, said these nominations are “beyond insane.”
“Someone who is credibly accused of having sex with an underage girl,” the congressman noted Tuesday. “Someone who sucks up to foreign dictators and has attracted major concern that they can’t be trusted to protect America’s secrets from our adversaries.”
Trump nominated former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) to be his director of national intelligence, despite concern over her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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At least four of Trump’s nominations have been accused of sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to assault and rape.
The person reportedly downloaded a file containing testimony from a woman claiming to have had sex with the now-former congressman when she was 17.
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