Pete Hegseth refuses to give up his bid to become Trump's defense secretary, even though there are no signs he's turning no votes into yes votes on Capitol Hill. Plus President Biden is now reportedly directly involved in discussions to possibly give preemptive pardons to people who could be targeted by the Trump administration.
Upon arriving on Capitol Hill nearly four years ago, the first votes Sen. Tommy Tuberville cast were against certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Two months later, the Alabama Republican said the three branches of the federal government were the House, the Senate, and the White House — he apparently forgot about the judiciary — and talked up government-imposed religious lessons, in defiance of the First Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
In this latest instance, the Alabaman began by telling CNN’s Manu Raju he disapproved of Republican senators who presume to be “a better vetter and picker of people than Donald Trump.” This was an odd thing to say given that Trump has already effectively admitted that he and his team are not, at least in some instances, bothering to vet personnel for key positions at all.
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