Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, criticized Democratic hysteria over President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointments on a podcast Friday, reminding listeners of appointments made under the Obama and Biden administrations. I let it happen.
Democrats have opposed some of Trump’s nominees since he began announcing cabinet picks after winning the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5. On “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” Hanson said that while some of Trump’s nominees may not have traditional bureaucratic backgrounds, former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden He admitted that those appointed under him were qualified but still incompetent. (Related: ‘Javier Millay Our Government’: Comparing Megyn Kelly, Elon and Vivec to Argentina’s President)
“Almost everyone on the left is becoming hysterical, because they’re so non-traditional. So I’m just going to digress a little bit and remind our listeners who are probably as well-informed as me or more informed. “Can I do that?” Hanson asked. “But I want everyone to remember the Obama-Biden appointees. They had small print after their names.”
“They had resumes, but CIA Director John Brennan lied twice under oath. He was spying on Senate staff in the U.S. Senate. James Clapper lied under oath twice. When he was arrested, he said I gave the most untrue answers,” Hanson said. “Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was the architect of 51 intelligence agencies, remember? It lie after lie and said the laptop was the product of Russian disinformation and that it influenced . [2020] election. “
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Hanson continued to criticize Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan, highlighting Sullivan’s behavior. promotion A 2016 hoax that claimed the Trump campaign was connected to Moscow through secret back channels.
“You could say Anthony Blinken was an election saboteur. Jake Sullivan was the architect of this plan. In fact, he led the alpha ping hoax. Remember that? 2016. When President Trump was said to have pinged this bank on his computer and was communicating with Alpha Russia Bank. It was all a fabrication. It was Jake Sullivan who was spreading the story.” he added.
The senior researcher also discussed Democratic Attorney General Merrick Garland and special counsel appointee Jack Smith, who has overseen multiple cases against the former president, including allegations of election interference and mishandling of classified documents. Ta.
“Before you get hysterical, let’s get this straight: We’re moving out of the days when we had some of the worst appointees and they had the right little numbers, letters and resumes,” Hanson said. said. “They were all bad people. They were put in there — Jennifer Granholm was secretary of energy. She didn’t even know how many barrels of oil we were pumping a day. . It was just a joke, all those guys.”
Over the past week, Democrats have chosen Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, and veteran Fox News host Pete Gaetz as attorney general. He has criticized the appointment of Hegseth. As Secretary of Defense. Following the announcement of Kennedy’s potential role in the second Trump administration, CNN invited two doctors who expressed “concerns” about the choice. One guest even said that people “could die” in Kennedy’s view, especially regarding vaccines.
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