The most vulnerable nominated Trump secretaries testified this week. Kash Patel ( right ) for FBI director is the most likely to be confirmed, for he played the game. Tossed in one anti-Trump position to show some minor independence ( didn’t think violent Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted law enforcement deserved a break ) and soft-peddled his MAGA flamethrower persona. Tulsi Gabbard for national intelligence head could not say Edward Snowden was a traitor, and this could hurt her. Plus, did not quite provide satisfactory answers to softball questions by Republicans. But her reputation is not severely toxic like Pete Hegseth, and she was reasonably composed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services, continued to show a controversial position on vaccination, has a general personality which is flawed ( he looks guilty all the time ) and confrontation with committee chairman Bill Cassidy (who is a physician) make RFK Jr. the most like...
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