They may have gotten pushed aside by voters in the November election, but that hasn’t stopped Democrats from mocking the Donald Trump cabinet picks and his king-like plans to govern.
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Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts — who also happens to be the Democratic Rules Committee Vice Chair — has taken public aim at what he calls Trump’s “dream team” of sycophants he wishes to surround himself with in The White House.
During a live House of Representatives session on Tuesday, McGovern warned his colleagues that the incoming Trump administration “is leaking plans to court-martial military officers who are not sufficiently loyal.”
“Isn’t that usually how things go in authoritarian dictatorships? Purge the military of anyone who might have a spine and refuse to obey an unlawful order. I mean, what the hell is going on here?” he asked.
“And their cabinet picks so far? I mean, these are like beyond insane,” McGovern declared. “Someone who is credibly accused of having sex with an underage girl. Someone who sucks up to foreign dictators and has attracted major concern that they can’t be trusted to protect America’s secrets from our adversaries. Someone who paid hush money to cover up a sexual assault accusation, you know, to lead our military, he’s picked because Donald Trump likes him on Fox News? Someone who says that tap water turns kids gay? I mean, this is the dream team? This is the dream team? Really?” McGovern added.
Clearly, the Trump cabinet picks he was referring to include Attorney General presumptive nominee Matt Gaetz, Director of National Intelligence presumptive nominee Tulsi Gabbard, Defense Secretary presumptive nominee Pete Hegseth, and HHS Secretary presumptive nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“I mean, seriously, it would be funny if it weren’t so sad. And hopefully, the United States Senate has a backbone and insists on a thorough confirmation process. Look, the truth is this. The truth is that this is not what people voted for,” he continued.
“I’m reading the newspaper again this morning that they want to issue blank pardons to those who committed crimes on January 6th,” McGovern explained, referring to the 2021 Capitol Hill insurrection. “Republicans call them ‘political prisoners.’ I mean, these are people who were arrested, indicted, tried, and convicted by juries and judges and courtrooms across this country for violently attacking our brave law enforcement officers people who smashed cops in the heads with metal barricades, who jammed them indoors until blood was coming out of their mouths. And the incoming administration is thinking about pardoning them,” McGovern said.
He was referring to a report from the US Dept. of Justice that said as of August 5th, over 1,488 defendants have been charged, including approximately 547 defendants who “have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees,” and, “including approximately 163 individuals who have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.”
McGovern then attacked Republicans for attempting to hand Trump more dictatorial power.
“I do not believe any of what my Republican friends are talking about on the floor today is in line with what the American people voted for. They [the American people] voted for cheaper groceries, not whatever the hell this stuff is,” he said. “They [Republicans] are asking us to vote for a bill that we give the incoming administration the ability to revoke the nonprofit status of any advocacy group they want, just by labeling them as a ‘terrorist sympathizer.’ A bill that would give President-elect Trump a new power to just unilaterally accuse an American group of terrorism and then shut them down.
“My friends on the other side, they want to blame trans people. Guess what? Trans people aren’t the ones raising people’s grocery prices. Big corporations are. They wanna blame immigrants. And here’s the deal. Immigrants aren’t the ones denying health insurance claims, Mr. Speaker. It’s the billion-dollar insurance companies that do that on a daily basis. And they want to blame woke this and woke that. What’s woke about thinking special interests should not be able to buy tax breaks?”
His words were applauded by Democratic operatives who said this is the type of opposition Democrats should use and get used to for the next several years while they’re mostly out of power.
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Democrats mock Trump cabinet picks.
“The truth is that this is not what people voted for.” – Rep. McGovern
Umm, Nooo, I strongly disagree!
Based on the outcome of the election, the truth is that THIS is Exactly what the majority of the American people voted for because ALL of this madness was well publicized throughout the entire time, leading up to the election, right up to Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden.
So anyone claiming not to have known Exactly what to expect from a 2nd Trump presidency is quite simply full of it!