Asked If Gabbard Is Fit For DNI, Rep. Jim Himes Laughs
It's a reflection of the Trump era that Margaret Brennan asked this absurd question about Tulsi Gabbard of Rep. Jim Himes.
"You're the ranking member on the Intelligence Committee. She never served on that kind of committee. Do you think experience is necessary? Is she fit for the job?" Brennan asked.
"Margaret, how far we have come that on a major news show the question we're examining is, is experience necessary for one of the most powerful positions in the land? Of course it's necessary," he said.
"You know, it's a little bit like our obsession right now with the ethics committee report on Matt Gaetz. You know- I mean, how is it that this is what we're focusing on? Matt Gaetz is, by any standard, completely unqualified to be the Attorney General, and yet we're sort of focused on this, you know, cherry on the cupcake of the ethics report.
"It sort of reminds me of Al Capone in 1931. Al Capone is convicted of a couple of counts of tax evasion. Now he was a killer and a rum runner and a Mafioso, and yet he was convicted of tax evasion. This is what the conversation we're having about Matt Gaetz. You know, well, what about this ethics report? So, these people are manifestly unqualified, and, you know, they're not prepared to run the very complicated organizations they've been asked to run.
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Transcript: Rep. Jim Himes on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Nov. 17, 2024
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Updated on: November 17, 2024 / 1:44 PM EST / CBS News