Rand Paul on Pete Hegseth: overwhelmingly in favor on merit not racial; nominees willing to FIGHT

Senator Rand Paul on Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth: “The people are, and would be, overwhelmingly in favor of someone who’s going to base hiring on merit — not on racial characteristics.

Senator Ron Johnson: President Trump’s cabinet nominees are people who are willing to FIGHT. They’re not going to wilt in the face of criticism — they’re going to carry out his agenda.

Rep. Byron Donalds: “The President has a political MANDATE.”

Reince: IT’S PRESIDENT TRUMP’S MANDATE!

Ron Johnson: “This guy like Russ Vought that can really implement those plans because he’s highly experienced, so I couldn’t be happier that President Trump reappointed him to OMB.”

CBS: “Many of the president-elect’s well known designees have MORE support than opposition — including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth.”

Senator Bill Hagerty says he spoke to incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Pete told him patriots in our military are re-enlisting after news broke of his nomination

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Rand Paul on Pete Hegseth: overwhelmingly in favor on merit not racial; nominees willing to FIGHT

Key Points

Senator Rand Paul on Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth: “The people are, and would be, overwhelmingly in favor of someone who’s going to base hiring on merit — not on racial characteristics

• Senator Ron Johnson: President Trump’s cabinet nominees are people who are willing to FIGHT
• They’re not going to wilt in the face of criticism — they’re going to carry out his agenda
• Byron Donalds: “The President has a political MANDATE

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• Given that, for example, the Pentagon pick hasn’t ever managed a large corporation or held a high rank in the military, do you think he can run the Pentagon
• Yes, and I think the vast majority of people, if you poll them, will say that they don’t think people should be picked based on religion or gender or sexuality
• And one of Pete Hegs’ criticisms of our Pentagon is that we’ve gone away from merit and gone more towards racial characteristics
• And so I think that the people are and would be overwhelmingly in favor of someone who’s going to base hiring on merit, not on racial characteristics
• Our polling also finds many of the President-elect’s well-known designees have more support than opposition, including Robert F
• I’m pretty confident that President Trump will be able to staff his administration with the people that are going to fight for his agenda
• If you take a look at that, I hope, by the way, Mark Cuban issues an apology based on all the strong women that President Trump has now appointed
• But I truly do believe that what you see in these selections are people willing to fight
• They’re not going to wilt in the face of a criticism
• And he wants to make sure that the people that he wants, that he now understands all these jobs he knows what he wants to put in there, that he’s getting it

Full transcript: 659 words transcribed via Whisper AI.