Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are arguably President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees. And they all faced the Senate on Thursday, January 30. Each in turn tried to walk back, put into context, or otherwise explain some of their most scandalous moments. Whether the often-heated back-and-forth of the confirmation hearings actually accomplished anything for the nominees, it did, at least, make good TV.
Ganging Up on Gabbard
Democrat-turned-independent-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, faced the Senate Intelligence Committee on January 30 for about three hours in her first confirmation hearing. Over the last several years, Gabbard has been accused of being a Russian asset, colluding with former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and – perhaps the most…
