Journalist Mark Halperin commented on the Pete Hegseth listening to on Wednesday morning and prompt that it went so nicely that it even supplied a framework for different Trump nominees going ahead.
He was joined by Sean Spicer, who agreed however clarified that not the entire nominees will want the form of help that was required for Hegseth.
Halperin has been saying for months now that he expects most, if not all, of Trump’s picks to be confirmed.
Transcript by way of Real Clear Politics:
MARK HALPERIN: I feel it helps each different nominee for 3 causes. One is that they now have a template about how to do that, learn how to put together, learn how to pack the room with supporters, learn how to work the chair, the committee, how to ensure all people’s received statements, the best way Sean cited. Quantity two, there’s momentum now.
There’s simply this notion of the practice’s leaving. Let’s get all people confirmed. Let’s get the federal government up and operating.
And quantity three is these Republican stress for unity. You don’t need to cross Trump. Joni Ernst mentioned that template, don’t cross Trump.
So I feel it helps all of them. I nonetheless suppose Tulsi Gabbard is at present essentially the most endangered, however I nonetheless suppose she’s going to make it. Sean.
SEAN SPICER: I feel it’ll be attention-grabbing, too. The one factor that we’re leaving out, I feel every little thing we mentioned concerning the listening to is totally proper by way of the template. However simply keep in mind that there’s solely so many sources.
Having been by way of this course of at a really excessive degree earlier than, you’re form of marshalling all of your sources for a few of the massive ones, proper? So that you’ve received to watch out that on the similar time you’re not exposing, you already know, like, for instance, Chris writes up for Vitality In the present day. I’m certain it’ll be wonderful, however I don’t suppose he’s going to have the complete set of sources that you just did for Hegseth yesterday.
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Democrats got here out with weapons blazing within the Hegseth listening to as a result of they had been making an attempt to destroy the very momentum that Halperin describes right here. It didn’t work. Hegseth is prone to get confirmed. Even Democrats appear to be signaling defeat.
