{"id":1050404,"date":"2024-12-12T11:55:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T16:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1050404"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T16:55:55","slug":"new-polling-shows-only-2-in-10-americans-approve-of-pete-hegseth-and-tulsi-gabbard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-polling-shows-only-2-in-10-americans-approve-of-pete-hegseth-and-tulsi-gabbard\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Polling Shows Only 2 in 10 Americans Approve of Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Donald Trump is nominating unqualified, scandal-ridden extremists to his Cabinet \u2014 and the American people don\u2019t like what they see. New polling shows that Trump\u2019s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth and director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard are wildly unpopular, with only 2 in 10 Americans approving of their nominations. The American people deserve leaders who will put our safety, our national security, and our leadership on the world stage first \u2014 not unfit MAGA loyalists who will put Trump and his toxic agenda above all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Polling shows Americans do not approve of Donald Trump\u2019s extreme Cabinet nominees. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cAs several of President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s choices for high-level positions in his incoming administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, <\/strong>a poll from The <\/strong>Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Americans have their own doubts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRelatively few Americans overall approve of Pete Hegseth<\/strong>, Trump\u2019s choice to lead the Department of Defense, or Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for intelligence chief. <\/strong>[\u2026]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only 2 in 10 Americans approve of Trump\u2019s unqualified and <\/strong>scandal-ridden <\/strong><\/a>defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth, who has faced blowback even from <\/strong>members<\/strong><\/a> of his own party. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cOnly about 2 in 10 Americans approve of Hegseth\u2019s nomination\u201d<\/strong>
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\u201cHegseth has been trying to make his case amid allegations of excessive drinking and the revelation that he made a settlement payment after being accused of a sexual assault that he denies. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut his selection is viewed more negatively than positively<\/strong> among Americans who do know who he is. About 2 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Hegseth<\/strong> being picked for Trump\u2019s Cabinet, while 36% disapprove<\/strong> […]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s director of national intelligence pick Tulsi Gabbard is similarly facing an underwater approval rating, with only 2 in 10 Americans approving of her nomination. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cApproval of Gabbard\u2019s nomination is also low\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGabbard has faced new questions about her proximity to Syria<\/strong> amid the sudden end of Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s long hold on power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbout 2 in 10 Americans approve of Trump\u2019s pick of Gabbard<\/strong>. [\u2026]\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump is nominating unqualified, scandal-ridden extremists to his Cabinet \u2014 and the American people don\u2019t like what they see. New polling shows that Trump\u2019s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth and director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard are wildly unpopular, with only 2 in 10 Americans approving of their nominations. 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