Journalist Mark Halperin commented on the Pete Hegseth listening to on Wednesday morning and prompt that it went so effectively that it even offered a framework for different Trump nominees going ahead.
He was joined by Sean Spicer, who agreed however clarified that not all the 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 through Real Clear Politics:
MARK HALPERIN: I believe it helps each different nominee for 3 causes. One is that they now have a template about how to do that, easy methods to put together, easy methods to pack the room with supporters, easy methods to work the chair, the committee, how to ensure everyone’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 everyone confirmed. Let’s get the federal government up and working.
And quantity three is these Republican stress for unity. You don’t need to cross Trump. Joni Ernst stated that template, don’t cross Trump.
So I believe 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 believe it’ll be fascinating, too. The one factor that we’re leaving out, I believe every part we stated in regards to the listening to is totally proper when it comes to the template. However simply do not forget 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 number of the large ones, proper? So that you’ve received to watch out that on the similar time you’re not exposing, you recognize, like, for instance, Chris writes up for Power As we speak. I’m certain it’ll be high quality, however I don’t suppose he’s going to have the total set of sources that you simply 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 more likely to get confirmed. Even Democrats appear to be signaling defeat.
