Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin used her appearance on MSNBC on Saturday to complain that President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet is too white.
Anchor Ali Velshi was interviewing Rubin about the possibility of Republicans like Sen. Lisa Murkowski blocking some of Trump’s picks.
Murkowski said she will not vote to confirm any nominees without a full FBI background check. Trump has opted to use a private company instead of the FBI to vet his choices.
Rubin complained about the nominees’ skin colors as Velshi put a slide on the screen showing a diverse group, including Scott Turner, Marty Makary, Lori Chavez-Deremer, and Alex Wong.
“Here we have a little bit more diversity in the slide that you’re showing, but the first one, which was the major characters, yes, it’s a thousand shades of white,” Rubin claimed.
“Secondly, there is a certain level of dysfunction and catastrophe that will sink these people,” the Washington Post writer continued. “What happens if there is a terrorist attack, God forbid? What happens when there is a pandemic? The problem with being extreme, irresponsible, ignorant is when bad stuff happens, there’s no one to blame but you.”
Rubin baselessly claimed that “a lot of bad stuff might happen to a lot of innocent people” because of Trump’s nominations.
“So the good news is that these people may not get everything they want. The bad news is a lot of bad stuff might happen to a lot of innocent people because of them. And this is kind of touch the hot stove theory. People voted for them. We’re about to find out what he’s like. But I would go back to one example, and I’ll be writing about this shameless plug next week.”
Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos. If you are serious about cleaning up WaPo you need to get rid of this lunatic, Jennifer Rubin. She is ’s. pic.twitter.com/NfLNuiB12D
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) November 23, 2024
Rubin continued, “Remember, after 2004, George Bush decided he was going to privatize Social Security. He was riding really high after the 2004 election. He had a huge Senate majority. It went nowhere because there’s a certain political reality out there that if you propose stuff that the vast majority of Americans hate and the vast majority of members of Congress think is going to be toxic for them, you’re going to run into some trouble. And that’s, I think, the leverage that we have. It’s not that we’re going to convince Republicans in the Senate to vote down RFK Jr. It’s that when catastrophes happen, they’ll be held accountable. And when we ask that people look at the ramifications and take responsibility for their votes, a lot of people are going to get cold feet.”
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