Scott Pelley recapped the Cabinet picks of President-elect Donald Trump in the “60 Minutes” opening Sunday, enraging MAGA supporters despite the segment’s recitation of facts. (Watch the video below.)
The summary “is exactly why no one respects the legacy media anymore,” one person complained on X, formerly Twitter.
“Pure Democratic propaganda,” griped another.
Pelley, a correspondent, began by noting “some nominees appear to have no compelling qualifications other than loyalty to Trump.”
He pointed out defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s lack of government experience and recent gig as a Fox News morning host; the investigation into attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz’s alleged sex with a minor; and the vaccine skepticism of health and human services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“It’s up to the new Republican majority in the Senate to decide whether these nominees are equipped to represent the American people,” Pelley concluded.
Huffpost basically just platforming the worst opinions available. Thanks dumbasses.
Not necessarily a bad thing.
If reporting on it makes moderate conservatives embarrassed to be associated with MAGA conservatives, they’re helping to create a divide and start infighting.
everyone knows maga opinions are stupid and useless. that doesn’t take away from the enjoyment of watching them whine about everything under the sun
You’re right. Using Twitter quotes as a source of news is journalistic malpractice. They’re just lazily pushing out dumb articles that are only popular because they confirm your priors.
The same people attacking Trump’s picks had no issue with Obama letting Citibank pick all of his people for him.
Yes, Trump’s picks are bad, but Democrats aren’t really in a position to be pointing fingers. Blue & Red MAGA have no self-awareness.
I guess we should never be critical of anything because one time we weren’t. /s
That’s like comparing a mean comment to a war crime. A very serious misunderstanding, or an attempt to mislead.
Deep Cut whataboutism
The same people attacking Trump’s picks had no issue with Obama letting Citibank pick all of his people for him.
Really, you know that? Down to the last person? Pretty impressive.
Also - can you remind me when Obama was last in office?
Because it seems to me the time to complain about Obamas picks was when Obama was in office.
How about folks who weren’t even voting age then? Do they also need to STFU about Trump confirming what everyone already knew by making garbage choices for his cabinet based primarily on their likelihood to support his fascist goals? How does the 8 year old Obama whataboutism come into play in that scenario?
“Whataboutism” is trying to excuse one person’s actions because of another person’s actions.
I’m not excusing shit. They’re both crooks. I’m pointing out y’all don’t give a shit when a Dem does it.
Other administrations being bad does not make this one better. Everyone is in a position to critique this administration because everyone has a stake.
Everyone’s in a position to criticize every administration. But y’all only do it one way.
More garbage “news” from the Twitter verse to flow back to the echo chamber and reverberate with righteous, impotent, indignation. I’m not gonna take the bait like I did 4 years ago.
Meh…no it didn’t. Maga people don’t watch 60 minutes. A bunch of X bots reposted a bunch of bot links.
This is that “liberal news media” that MAGAs keep yammering on about. The one that’s owned by six corporations.
