JOE CONCHA: The 5 biggest losers from Team Trump's confirmation hearings

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JOE CONCHA: The 5 biggest losers from Team Trump's confirmation hearings
Democrats showed this week that they clearly learned nothing from the last election
 By Joe Concha Fox News
Published January 16, 2025 2:08pm EST

t's been the theater of the absurd in the Senate this week for President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees, with Democrats playing the role of rogue clowns screaming (literally) for attention.

If you're just the average political observer, watching this show at home has likely been an annoying, infuriating and sometimes, comical experience. The questioning of Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for defense secretary, and Pam Bondi, his nominee for attorney general, has greatly diminished what was once a relatively dignified Senate chamber.

So, who were the biggest losers of the week in these confirmation hearings?

Glad you asked.

5. Sen. Richard Blumenthal

How this guy even shows his face at a confirmation hearing is truly something to behold. Blumenthal, you may recall, lied repeatedly about serving in Vietnam despite never setting foot outside U.S. soil at the time. The Connecticut Democrat even went so far as to say he and other soldiers suffered "physical abuse" upon returning to the U.S.

"I do not believe that you can tell this committee or the people of America that you are qualified to lead them. I would support you as a spokesperson for the Pentagon," Blumenthal piously said to Hegseth, without a hint of self-awareness, an actual veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan on multiple tours and earned two Bronze Stars and a Combat Infantryman Badge.

Despite lying about his military service in the ultimate textbook example of Stolen Valor, Democrats put Blumenthal on the Armed Services Committee. What's next? Naming him to the Veterans Affairs Committee?

Oh, right... Rambo's on that committee too.

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One of the losers called out in the article:

2. Sen. Mazie Hirono
If anyone encapsulates just how ridiculous some of the questioning was during these hearings, look no further than the pride of the Pacific.

Here’s the Hawaii Democrat speaking to Bondi:

"Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature?" 1.

Bondi: "No, Senator."

Hirono: "Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement relating to this kind of conduct?" 2.

Bondi: "No, Senator."

1. This was Crazie Mazie's shtick-ritual "question" for every Trump judicial nominee.

2. Crazie Mazie should have asked Kammie this question. Kammie's failure to manage her staff as CA AG wrt sexual harassment cost the State of California hundreds of thousands of $$ in settlement(s).