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Hawaii Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono was the only lawmaker on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to oppose the president’s confirmation. Donald Trump’s candidate for secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, former Georgia GOP congressman Doug Collins.
Amid the flurry of confirmation hearings that have taken place, Hirono hasn’t been afraid to delve into nominees’ sex lives, at one point accusing Trump’s defense secretary nominee of , Pete Hegseth, of being prepared to shoot at legal protesters.
“Would you follow this order (to shoot protesters) from President Trump?” Hirono asked Hegseth during his hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, citing reports that the president asked former Defense Secretary Mark Esper to shoot protesters in the leg during the 2020 riots in Washington, DC, after the death of George Floyd. .
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Senator Mazie Hirono and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth (Getty Images)
Hegseth tried to offer an answer to Hirono’s question, but the senator wouldn’t let him say a word, instead answering the question for him: “You’re going to shoot the protesters in the leg,” he told Hegseth. . “Moving forward”.
Hirono also hasn’t been afraid to ask each of the Trump nominees he questioned during his confirmation hearings, including Collins, about unfounded allegations of sexual assault.
“As part of my responsibilities to ensure the suitability of nominees before either committee, I ask the following two questions,” Hirono raised during Trump’s Interior secretary nominee’s hearing. Doug Burgum. “First, since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or engaged in any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature? Have you ever faced discipline or entered into an agreement related to this type of conduct?
Sen. Mazie Hirono and former North Dakota governor’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior. Doug Burgum (Getty Images)
For Trump attorney general The candidate, Pam Bondi, Hirono asked the same questions about unfounded sexual accusations. Likewise, he answered his own questions as he did with Hegseth.
Bondi, however, chimed in with her own criticism during the senator’s questioning, noting that Hirono refused to meet with her privately to discuss her concerns before the public hearing.
Trump AG pick Pam Bondi, right, went back and forth with Sen. Mazie Hirono at her confirmation hearing. (Getty Images)
“Sen. Hirono, I wish you had met me. If you had met me, we could have discussed a lot of things and gotten to the meat (of your questions),” Bondi told Hirono as he was fielding questions for the candidate. “You were the only one who refused to meet with me.”
