Trump Announces More Cabinet Nominations

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 15 November 2024

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:00pm- Gaetz Nomination Doomed in U.S. Senate? Lindsay Wise, Xavier Martinez, and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street Journal write of Donald Trump’s selection of Matt Gaetz to serve as U.S. Attorney General: “Trump can afford to lose the support of no more than three GOP senators on his most contentious picks, assuming all Democrats are opposed, in a chamber that will be split 53-47 in the new Congress. People familiar with discussions among Senate Republicans said that far more than three of them are prepared to vote no if the matter comes to a vote, and some said there was already talk of trying to convince Trump to pull the nominee, or for Gaetz to voluntarily withdraw his name.” You can read the full report here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/matt-gaetz-attorney-general-nominee-donald-trump-b07d3a4f?mod=opinion_lead_pos2 6:15pm- Doug Collins Nominated for Secretary for Veterans Affairs. In a statement, Donald Trump announced: “I am pleased to announce my intent to nominate former Congressman Doug Collins, of Georgia, as The United States Secretary for Veterans Affairs (VA). Doug is a Veteran himself, who currently serves our Nation as a Chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command, and fought for our Country in the Iraq War. We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and Doug will be a great advocate for our Active Duty Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Families to ensure they have the support they need. Thank you, Doug, for your willingness to serve our Country in this very important role!” 6:20pm- In response to several of Donald Trump’s cabinet selections—particularly Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Matt Gaetz—the media has stated the nominees are unqualified. But, for example, what were Pete Buttigieg’s qualifications when he was named U.S. Secretary of Transportation? Buttigieg famously explained that he had “a personal love of transportation ever since childhood.” 6:40pm- REPLAY: Steve Milloy—Former Trump EPA Transition Team Member & Founder of JunkScience.com—joins The Rich Zeoli Show and reacts to Donald Trump selecting Lee Zeldin to serve as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Plus, Milloy reviews his list of energy action items for the incoming Trump Administration. You can find the list here: https://junkscience.com/2024/11/top-10-climate-and-energy-action-items-for-president-trump/

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0:00.0	Robert of Kennedy Jr. has been named the Health and Human Services Administrator, which oversees the FDA, the CDC, NIH, a whole bunch of other federal agencies.
0:11.7	This is big. This is a big deal. Welcome back to the show. Glad you're here today, 855, 8, 9, 12, 10 on Twitter at Rich Zioly. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., saying, I've never been anti-vaccine.
0:24.9	Obviously, those concerns are going to come up, and he also said he's not going to mandate that local governments remove fluoride from the water, but he's going to strongly advise that they do so.
0:36.6	I also want to ban skittles because I don't want any government bans whatsoever, but this is going to strongly advise that they do so i saw i'm the ban skittles
0:37.8	because i don't want any government bans whatsoever but it's going to be a big deal what i'm
0:42.0	amazed at is how many states are now rediscovering states rights and saying that they're going to
0:46.4	implement their own health policies their own yeah i mean like the real question is in the in the
0:52.7	year 2024 do we need so much federal government?
0:57.5	And we'll explore more of that as Elon Musk and Vivekramuswamy get to work.
1:01.3	But Steve's in Jamison.
1:02.8	You wanted to talk about Matt Gates.
1:04.4	Steve, thanks for your patience and holding.
1:06.0	How you doing?
1:07.4	All right.
1:08.0	How are you doing?
1:09.0	I'm doing great, buddy.
1:10.0	I'm doing great.
1:10.6	I'm doing great, buddy. I'm doing great. I'm fire it up. What's going on?
1:12.6	I love your show, and I really need you to answer a few questions I have about Trump's picks.
1:19.4	Okay.
1:19.7	Two of them, Matt Gates and Pete.
1:24.4	Matt Gates, first of all, when I heard that, I was excited.
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