Norm Ornstein: Senate Democrats should hold PRE-CONFIRMATION hearings on Trump's nominees

[highplainsdem]

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Norman Ornstein
@NormOrnstein

Dems have the Senate majority for the next 60-plus days. Use it! Not just to confirm judges. Hold your own pre-confirmation hearings. Foreign Relations on Tulsi Gabbards ties to Russia. Intel Committee onJohn Ratliffe's misconduct on intelligence in Trump's first term. 1/


Judiciary on Matt Gaetz's corruption and repeated sexual offenses. Homeland Security on Kristi Noem's lack of qualifications and corruption of office in SD, Tom Homan's sadistic and illegal child separation. HELP Committee on RFK's lunatic theories. 2/


Armed Services on Pete Hegseth being bounced from the military for extremism, ties to white nationalism, plans to hollow out the military. All this will be whitewashed when the GOP takes the majority. Preempt them! 3/

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[jls4561]

1. Confirm judges and expose malfeasance. I like the idea.

[rso]

2. Dems have the Senate

It's less than 60 days, as the new Congress is seated on Jan. 3.

[madinmaryland]

3. None of them will show up. They probably won't show up next year either.

[whathehell]

4. Who won't show up, and why won't they?

[madinmaryland]

6. The "nominees". Why should they. There is nothing to be gained by it for them.

[MadameButterfly]

5. I hope this really happens

while we have the Senate but also a free press to report it