Things Are About To Get Rough For Trump's Cabinet Nominees

Two top Senate Democrats issued brutal statements after meeting with Trump cabinet nominees Pete Hegseth, and Pam Bondi.

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Senate Democrats Are Not Impressed With Some Of Trump’s Cabinet Picks

Here is how you can tell when a meeting did not go well. The top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), met with Trump’s choice to be the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. The meeting between the two lasted a little more than twenty minutes.

Sen. Reed put out a statement on the meeting saying, “Today’s meeting did not relieve my concerns about Mr. Hegseth’s lack of qualifications and raised more questions than answers. As with any nominee for this critical position, Mr. Hegseth must undergo the same high-level of scrutiny as prior Secretary of Defense nominees.”

Yikes.

Reed didn’t say that they had a productive or constructive conversation. He didn’t say that they disagreed on some matters. Hegseth made things worse for himself. When a sen…