Perhaps the biggest losers of Matt Gaetz's confirmation defeat are Cabinet nominees Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard.
Among President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, Hegseth, his nominee for secretary of defense, and Gabbard, his nominee for director of national intelligence, now appear to be the main targets of establishment media.
After successfully removing Gates from the list for attorney general, the media will endlessly report on the dangers of their nomination.
The media turned Gates' nomination into a frenzy that dominated the news cycle for seven full days. The media fueled every report with unfounded allegations of sexual misconduct. Gaetz withdrew his bid on Thursday because it would “get in the way of the important work of the Trump-Vance transition,” and Trump thanked Gaetz for his efforts.
With Gates out of the way, the media's attention was once again focused on a new target. Friday morning newsletters from some of Washington's most powerful media organizations began covering Hegseth and Gabbard in earnest.
Complete explanation of the Politico Handbook admitted Who will they target next?
Gates is now obsessed with the stage Returning to Florida, there will likely be increased attention to other controversial Trump nominees, particularly those for the Pentagon. pete hegseth DNI Candidate Tulsi Gabbard and HHS candidates Robert F. Kennedy JR.
Any of them could be The transition's next troublemaker — whether it's Ms. Gabbard, with her inexperience in foreign policy and her mysterious affinity for Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime, or RFK Jr., with her controversial and extreme views on a range of health issues. Well, for Senate Republicans, his support for abortion rights.
And then there's Hegseth. He is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017 and paying her to sign a non-disclosure agreement, which he denies. Speaking to reporters on The Hill yesterday, he maintained that he has been cleared of all charges stemming from the allegations. (More on Hegseth below) (emphasis in original)
While Playbook covered Hegseth, Punchbowl News took special interest in Gabbard.
“President Trump's choice of Ms. Gabbard is consistent with her desire to completely reform the federal bureaucracy,” Punchbowl News reported. “But Republican senators have already indicated they are interested in pursuing Ms. Gabbard's controversial and, if confirmed, overtly hostile stance toward the very intelligence agencies she runs.”
“Republican senators “There have been private discussions about Gabbard's interest in viewing FBI files,” the outlet continued, according to three sources familiar with the conversations. “This is done for each Cabinet nominee, and the implication is that the documents may reveal previously unknown information about Gabbard, including possible foreign contacts. That's it.''
Axios Newsletter Featured The lead story is titled “Chaos reigns supreme in Trump’s Washington.” The article conveniently shifted coverage from Gates to Hegseth.
“On Thursday, the bubble finally burst,” the newspaper reported. “For an otherwise docile group of Senate Republicans, the nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general was a bridge too far.”
“A 2017 police report has been released detailing graphic sexual assault allegations against President Trump's Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth,” the newspaper said. “Mr. Hegseth, who met with senators on Thursday, denied any wrongdoing.”
A Gallup poll found in October that Americans' trust in establishment media to report current events “fully, accurately, and fairly” will fall to an all-time low by 2024. is.
Only 31 percent of Americans have “a lot” or “a lot” of confidence that the media tells the truth, one point below the 2016 and 2023 lows of 32 percent.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter for Breitbart News and a former RNC war room analyst. He is the author of The Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell “×” @WendellHusebø or society of truth @WendellHusebo.
