The Trump appointees have nothing to do with the blue bubble. They’re not Washington insiders. They’re new faces. But is he consciously doing that? You’ve got Trump trying to make appointments that don’t have anything to do with the DC bubble or the media bubble or the Hollywood bubble. Nothing.
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Mike Papantonio: Farron, what do you think, this seems like a part of this discussion, but what do you think of the Trump, for example, the Trump appointees have nothing to do with the blue bubble? They just don’t. They’re not Washington insiders. They’re new faces. Is he consciously doing that? Is he trying to say, look, let me contrast myself with the Democrats who can’t let go. They can’t say no to Hillary Clinton who, oh, by the way, is talking about running for president again. Or they can’t say no to Pelosi or Schumer. And over here you’ve got Trump trying to make appointments that they don’t have anything to do with the DC bubble or the media bubble or the Hollywood bubble. Nothing.
Farron Cousins: Well, a lot of them too, he’s got what, a dozen billionaires that he’s appointing.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah, exactly.
Farron Cousins: So, he and the rest of them are all pretty much millionaires to some degree too. So he’s not doing a good job of pretending to be a populist anymore with a lot of these picks. But are they outsiders? Sure. Tulsi Gabbard, she was in Congress, obviously. Kash Patel did serve at his previous administration. So they’re not all outsider outsiders.
Mike Papantonio: Not totally outsiders.
Farron Cousins: But they’re people who like to say that they are outsiders.
Mike Papantonio: I just, my whole point is I think it contrasts what the Dems can’t seem to let go of, mommy and daddy. I gotta have mommy and daddy, and if I don’t have mommy and daddy, we can’t function as a party.
Farron Cousins: Speaking of mommy and daddy, though, I do have to bring up this because Pete Hegseth’s mother has been calling senators and telling them to support her son. And JD Vance’s mom shows up at a city council meeting last week in Middletown, Ohio, tiny town, shows up at the city council meeting.
Mike Papantonio: Does what?
Farron Cousins: And she says, you’ve gotta honor my son. This is our hometown. You’ve gotta honor my son.
Mike Papantonio: Mommy did that?
Farron Cousins: Mommy did it for JD Vance. Mommy’s doing it for Pete Hegseth. Oh, Elon Musk’s mommy is going on Fox News every other day talking about what a special little boy he is. So I do, yes, I think the Democrats want the mommy daddy figures.
Mike Papantonio: Those are great stories.
Farron Cousins: But right now it’s the Republicans running to literally their mommies.
Mike Papantonio: Literally, running to mommy and daddy. But there is that mommy daddy figure. That’s the contrast I was trying to make.
Farron Cousins: I agree. I just had to point those out because those are so funny.
Mike Papantonio: Those are great stories. Farron Cousins, thank you for joining me. Okay.
Farron Cousins: Thank you.
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