‘Trainwreck, chaos, mayhem’: What to expect during Senate confirmation hearings

Founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and host of the Independent Americans Podcast Paul Reickhoff joins Katy Tur to discuss and provide insights on the Senate cabinet confirmation hearings starting this week, which include President-elect Trump's controversial Secretary of Defense pick Pete Hegseth.

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[NHLb.tRump-xb]

Fox doesn’t seem to have a problem with Pirro drinking. Why would Hegseth be any different?

[Maggie-eh]

tRump playbook- Nominate a stream of people who, on a scale of 1-10 of being terrible, are 1000. That way, whoever is merely 100 on the terrible scale seem not so bad

[RacheILevine]

we look forward to seeing tulsi and pete on dancing with the stars in the near future.

[markcosenzDontheCon-we]

Hegseth, hasn't held a position managing a large group of troops, that alone disqualifies him. He is not a general, he does not have enough combat experience as a leader. Period.

[Joankf]

A drunk for secretary of defense is madness . He is unqualified

[Normano-kx]

Only qualification needed to be in trumps cabinet - sycophancy.

[endlessadventure]

This all could have been avoided, America! Oh, well!

[klubmember]

Just think of how shameful that is they've never had to consider an FBI check for past Department of Defense leaders because they were already vetted they were already generals with experience and they want to bring in this guy off the street just because he was in the military is just insane

[Toekneepowers]

As a pregnant democrat man. I totally pretend the audio of Obama and Trump is a right wing talking point.

[JayBee-crjm]

Walz never carried an AR-15 in war. In fact, no military on Earth even uses the AR-15.

I don't think Walz served. Everyone I served with knows the difference between an M-16 and an AR-15.

[NHLblkgurl]

Hilarious that the entire country has Newsom and Bass in this picture.. but here’s MSNBC

[muddywater]

Hegseth is a battlefield veteran and is a two-time bronze medal recipient. He attended Harvard University and Princeton University. He's in.

[swimminginthoughts]

"Trainwreck, chaos, mayhem" is a good description for this network and their declining views.

[beckerlea]

We are so proud to have president Trump and all his chosen staff yes take out the garbage

[Arriflex]

I hate to say it, but Hegseth is WAY more qualified than who we have now.

[NHLblkgurl]

Democrats pay their water chief $750k annually, and she can’t even provide water. Lol

[Michael-zth]

While Democrat leaders in California are standing around in confusion, the TRUMP administration is working out ways to fast track building permits.

[johnauner]

DOD, DNI, HHS, DHS and DOJ are the hardest management challenges. None of the nominees are competent for these jobs.

[marklasky]

Next up on MSNBC: More smears of good people

[SturdyThorpe]

MSNBC'S opening line should be "good morning it's 8am and here's what we want you to think. "