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Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii faced mockery on social media Thursday for her opening questions to Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum during his confirmation hearing.
“As part of my responsibilities to ensure the suitability of nominees to any of the committees I sit on, I ask the following two initial questions,” Hirono told Burgum on Thursday. “First, 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?”
“No, Senator, I haven’t,” Burgum replied.
“Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this type of conduct?” Hirono then asked.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (Getty Images)
“I haven’t,” Burgum said.
Hirono, who has asked similar opening questions to several other candidates in the past, including Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, was widely criticized by conservatives on social media for the line questions
“This lady is in trouble.” conservative commentator Chad Prather published in X.
Senator Mazie Hirono participates in a press conference following the weekly policy luncheons in Washington, DC on June 4, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Getty Images)
“No, that’s not AI…” conservative influencer Benny Johnson published in X.
“What about Dems?” Ned Ryun, President of the American Majority published in X. “Apparently they’re bat guano-crazed sex perverts. Is that all they think about?”
“How the F does Hirono have seats in the judiciary AND the armed services and energy????” columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher published in X. “Which member of the Dem leadership has kompromat?”
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Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is sworn in during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill, January 16, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Getty Images)
Conservative comedian Tim Young published in X that “the more Mazie Hirono asks cabinet candidates if they’ve sexually assaulted anyone … the more I think she’s guilty of it herself.”
Henry Rogers, The Daily Caller’s chief national correspondent, called Hirono “unhinged” at X.
Hirono’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
