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Dear Friend,

I’ll get right to it: Matt Gaetz should NOT be United States Attorney
General, despite being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump. Gaetz
has been under investigation for underage sex trafficking and other ethics
violations, including sexual misconduct. [ [link removed] ] Matt Gaetz, an accused sexual
predator, as our nation’s top law enforcement official? In charge of the
U.S. Department of Justice? Nope.

While the President of the United States can nominate whomever they want
to their cabinet, the U.S. Senate must vet nominees, ensure they’re
qualified, and confirm only those who are.

[1]→ Tell your U.S. Senators to do their duty and carefully investigate
every nominee, refuse to confirm anyone not qualified, and oppose any
attempt to use recess appointments to skip the confirmation process.

The timing of Trump’s announcement of Matt Gaetz as his pick for Attorney
General is, as my kids would say…sus. The House Ethics Panel was just
about to release its report on Gaetz. Then Trump named Gaetz the AG
nominee. Gaetz immediately resigned from Congress mere hours before the
report was to be released, and now we may never know the findings from
that investigation. [ [link removed] ] This is cringe. This is not trustworthy behavior.

It goes without saying that the Gaetz report should be released as soon as
possible so U.S. Senators have the information they need to vet and
(hopefully not) confirm his nomination.

The Matt Gaetz nomination isn’t the only cabinet appointment that we will
oppose.

Tulsi Gabbard, who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated for National
Intelligence, has zero experience working in intelligence and is known to
parrot fake Russian propaganda. [ [link removed] ] So, when Trump announced she’s his
nominee for National Intelligence Director? [2]That’s another nope.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is another cabinet nominee by President-elect Donald
Trump who has been accused of sexual assault. [ [link removed] ] He’s also a widely known
conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine zealot who doesn’t believe in science
and has no experience or qualifications for any role managing our nation’s
health care. Putting him in charge of the Department of Health and Human
Services? [3]Nope. [ [link removed] ]

Here’s a fun one: Trump’s Department of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth,
“would be the least experienced defense secretary in the history of the
republic.” [ [link removed] ] Hegseth has also been under investigation for sexual
assault and supports the end of no-fault divorce, making it harder for
women to leave marriages. [7,8]

Does anyone else find it troubling that the man in charge of defending our
country can't hit a target when throwing an axe, let alone do it without
hiding an innocent bystander? [ [link removed] ] And this may not be as relevant, but I
have to tell you - the man bragged on national television that he hadn’t
washed his hands in ten years. What?! [ [link removed] ]

This isn’t a cabinet; it’s a junk drawer.

Again, Trump can nominate whoever he wants. Honestly, we did not have high
expectations for his choices. They are unserious and strain credibility.

But, the U.S. Senate is a serious institution. Cabinet appointments are
serious business. Cabinet Secretaries oversee everything from the water we
drink to a multitude of health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid to
our national security. The average Cabinet Secretary also oversees a
budget of trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of employees.
They are not platforms to spread propaganda and conspiracy theories, stoke
division, pursue vendettas or reward loyalty.

We need to speak out and tell the U.S. Senate to do its duty and
investigate every nominee carefully, refuse to confirm all those who are
not highly qualified and block every attempt to use recess appointments to
put in place nominees who will undermine our federal government and, with
it, our health, safety, security, and economy.

[4]→ Add your name to our petition and urge your U.S. Senators to take
their duty seriously and reject these unserious Trump nominations.

We’ve won some of these fights before. In the last Trump administration,
we successfully pressured the Senate to force Andy Puzder, Trump’s
unqualified pick for Labor Secretary, to drop out. Puzder would have been
horrible for working families and had a track record of ignoring claims of
sexual harassment in the restaurant chain he owned. [ [link removed] ]

We might not win all of these fights, but we must keep the U.S. Senate
from abandoning its responsibilities to the nation.

[5]→ So join us in calling on our U.S. Senators to do their job and reject
extremist and unqualified cabinet nominees.

And take a minute to forward this email to your friends and family so they
can take action, too.

Together, we’re a powerful force for women and families.

-Ruth, Donna, Elyssa, Felicia, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising.org &
MamásConPoder Team

PS: Breaking News: Trump has nominated Linda McMahon as Secretary of
Education. [6]McMahon is grossly unqualified for this role. Like Betsy
DeVos, McMahon has no background in public schools nor understanding of
what it takes to help every student thrive. The Senate must stand up for
our students and reject Donald Trump’s unqualified nominee, Linda McMahon.
Our students and our nation deserve so much better than Betsy DeVos 2.0.

References:
[1] [ [link removed] ]USA Today: Sex trafficking allegations follow Matt Gaetz after
attorney general selection: What to know
[2] [ [link removed] ]CNN: Woman told House Ethics Committee she saw Gaetz have sex with
a minor, lawyer says
[3] [9]Time Magazine: ‘We Are Reeling’: Trump’s Pick of Tulsi Gabbard
Alarms Intelligence Community
[4] [10]The Guardian: Robert F Kennedy Jr brushes off sexual assault
allegation: ‘I am who I am’
[5] [11]NPR: What happens when a vaccine skeptic leads health policy? Ask
Florida
[6] [ [link removed] ]NPR: What's behind defense secretary pick Hegseth's war on 'woke'
[7] [ [link removed] ]Washington Post: Trump team weighs Pentagon pick after sexual
assault allegation surfaces
[8] [ [link removed] ]The Daily Show
[9] [ [link removed] ]The Economic Times: Trump's Defense pick Pete Hegseth once hit a
man with an axe on live TV
[10] [ [link removed] ]The BBC: Fox host says he 'hasn't washed hands in 10 years'
[11] [ [link removed] ]The Guardian: Andrew Puzder, Trump's labor secretary pick,
withdraws from consideration


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