Summary
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) dismissed the necessity of FBI background checks for Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, claiming the public prioritizes implementing Trump’s policies over vetting appointees.
On ABC’s This Week, Hagerty criticized Biden officials and supported Trump’s expedited transition process, despite reports that many nominees, including Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, have bypassed FBI checks.
Moderator Jonathan Karl expressed concern over abandoning standard vetting practices, but Hagerty argued the FBI is “weaponized” and insisted checks would be completed quickly, though no evidence supports his claims of agency bias.
Why would anyone be shocked by this?
Their leader is a felon. Any pretense of norms or the rule of law - gone.
Background checks bad, genital checks good.
This is how you get people into positions where they can be blackmailed
A felon is president-elect. It doesn’t matter about the cabinet. It’ll just be whatever oligarch has his ear this week that will dictate his policies
the republicunts care only about preserving their power and money. they are worthless traitor filth that a just society would force to account.
Rawlsian veil of ignorance
strikes againwould once again be awesome to use.Imagine that one side gets no background checks, and the other does, but you don’t know which side gets what. Do you agree to that?
I’m going to be a bit provocative here and ask people:
What are YOU doing about it?
What are YOU doing about it?
Nothing. I fought my fight for years. I’m done.
This is a dumb situation caused by years of stupid people not understanding democracy.
Popcorn?
Scooping up old pressure cookers on Craigslist.
