As Donald Trump’s cabinet picks of unqualified and alleged sexual predators come under scrutiny, he and his MAGA cronies are doing what the “party of personal responsibility” always does when they screw up: blame others.
Much as you know Team Trump would love to find a way to blame Democrats, the sexual assault allegations against Hegseth are Republican vs. Republican. There doesn't seem to be a single Democrat to blame for Gaetz's misconduct, either. So, the next best way to avoid accountability: blame Hegseth and Gaetz for not doing Trump’s job for him.
Via Rolling Stone:
According to four sources familiar with the situation, some top Trump transition officials and others close to the president-elect have been puzzled, if not infuriated, that Hegseth did not preemptively inform them of the allegations against him before they made their way into the press — most notably through the publication of a police report detailing the alleged incident at a hotel in Monterey, California.
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