Journalist Mark Halperin commented on the Pete Hegseth hearing on Wednesday morning and suggested that it went so well that it even provided a framework for other Trump nominees going forward.
He was joined by Sean Spicer, who agreed but clarified that not all of the nominees will need the kind of support that was required for Hegseth.
Halperin has been saying for months now that he expects most, if not all, of Trump’s picks to be confirmed.
Transcript via Real Clear Politics:
MARK HALPERIN: I think it helps every other nominee for three reasons. One is they now have a template about how to do this, how to prepare, how to pack the room with supporters, how to work the chair, the committee, how to make sure everybody’s got statements, the way Sean cited. Number two, there’s momentum now.
There’s just this notion of the train’s leaving. Let’s get everybody confirmed. Let’s get the government up and running.
And number three is these Republican pressure for unity. You don’t want to cross Trump. Joni Ernst said that template, don’t cross Trump.
So I think it helps them all. I still think Tulsi Gabbard is currently the most endangered, but I still think she’s going to make it. Sean.
SEAN SPICER: I think it’ll be interesting, too. The one thing that we’re leaving out, I think everything we said about the hearing is absolutely right in terms of the template. But just remember that there’s only so many resources.
Having been through this process at a very high level before, you’re kind of marshalling all your resources for some of the big ones, right? So you’ve got to be careful that at the same time you’re not exposing, you know, like, for example, Chris writes up for Energy Today. I’m sure it’ll be fine, but I don’t think he’s going to have the full set of resources that you did for Hegseth yesterday.
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Democrats came out with guns blazing in the Hegseth hearing because they were trying to destroy the very momentum that Halperin describes here. It didn’t work. Hegseth is likely to get confirmed. Even Democrats seem to be signaling defeat.
