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ABC News reports:
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., a prominent ally of Donald Trump, said voters don’t care who conducts background checks into the president-elect’s Cabinet picks and that Trump would fire members of his administration who don’t follow the policy he sets out.
“Don’t let these allegations distract us. What we need is real significant change. The Pentagon has been more focused on pronouns than they have lethality the past four years. We need to get back to business, and I think Pete is just the person to do it,” Hagerty said.
FBI background checks have been standard practice for nominees requiring Senate confirmation, but the Trump transition team has yet to sign the necessary agreements to allow such screenings to occur.
Read the full article. Trump is reportedly planning on private background checks on his nominees, which we’ll all be expected to believe.
Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty tells @JonKarl that voters don’t care who conducts background checks into President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks.
“What the American public cares about is to see the mandate that they voted in delivered upon.” https://t.co/Bs33rvw5Xo pic.twitter.com/D4tTdoddDu
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
“Don’t let these allegations distract us.”
GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty tells @JonKarl that he expects Pete Hegseth will be confirmed as the next secretary of Defense despite new details about allegations of sexual assault from a 2017 incident. https://t.co/nsM0M1Nffj pic.twitter.com/tAG4F1Faxj
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty says there have been “zero consequences in President Biden’s Cabinet.”
“Massive failures on his watch, massive failures by his Cabinet members … President Trump will fire people that don’t do their job well.” https://t.co/KdNiJx0rfz pic.twitter.com/3nlOWQGjNF
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
When asked whether Pete Hegseth will try to change Pentagon policy to block women from combat roles if he is confirmed as Defense Secretary, GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty says policy is “set by the president of the United States, not by the Cabinet members.” https://t.co/zGyAgTZ0I1 pic.twitter.com/0G96yGVChT
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump “clearly expects to hit the ground running,” GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty tells @JonKarl as Trump rapidly nominates members to his Cabinet.
“He wants us to have these hearings done quickly and expeditiously.” https://t.co/uZqA6tzdnF pic.twitter.com/HRIyHtQsOZ
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 24, 2024