Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings **live commentary thread**

[Blair]

he just got his fake MLK shtick going and implied that any white person from the south was ineligible to be in government.

Oh yeah the guy who marched at Selma, was a freedom rider and lead the SNCC is clearly doing a 'fake' shtick. Such stupidity

[Blair]

Yeah the problem is that unless there's a scandal (like Price with this stock fixing) or concern from R's (like with Tillerson) then they're just going to sail through after a couple of scathing attacks from the Democrats

[Blair]

Now it seems to be hoping for a wildcard like Fischer.

I really thought they'd pull Devos after this happened; she's the fatal combination of an incompetent ideologue

[Blair]

Would be more damaging for GOP Senators regarding their re-election chances to vote against Trump then to support his nominees.

These liberals and far-left activists opposing DeVos will never vote for a GOP Senators regardless of his vote on her confirmation. Way easier to lose support from the GOP base than gaining support from Dems.

Doesn't explain why someone like Murkowski is voting nay- she said it's because of phone calls/letters. There's hardly a devout far left base in Alaska is there...

[Blair]

Would be more damaging for GOP Senators regarding their re-election chances to vote against Trump then to support his nominees.

These liberals and far-left activists opposing DeVos will never vote for a GOP Senators regardless of his vote on her confirmation. Way easier to lose support from the GOP base than gaining support from Dems.

Doesn't explain why someone like Murkowski is voting nay- she said it's because of phone calls/letters. There's hardly a devout far left base in Alaska is there...

I doubt that it came from Alaska exclusivly. In my eyes, these are just weasel words.

What amuses me is that two Republican women are trying to bring down a female nominee (after we heard that Trump nominated not enough women).

I don't want to interrupt your shameless hackery but staffers tend to ask where callers are from/monitor calls so they know if it's an in state person or not.

[Blair]

Heidi Heitkamp (or however the hell you spell it) is going to support Pompeo.