Editorial: The duty of the Senate -- Trump's nominees must be carefully scrutinized

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In the four years since, Trump has surrounded himself with many new advisers and acolytes.
28% : Trump has pledged to launch the largest deportation operation in American history, and has said he'll use the military if necessary.
27% : Trump has autocratic tendencies.
22% : A shockingly high number of the individuals he chose would go on to oppose Trump after they saw him exercise power -- consistently seeking to abuse his authority.
21% : If Trump nominates anti-fluoride, anti-vaccine crusader Bobby Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services -- RFK Jr. said during the campaign Trump "promised" him "control of the public health agencies" -- that bad choice will demand rigorous scrutiny from Republican and Democratic senators alike.
17% : In his first term, Trump made some solid picks and some terrible ones.

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