Storer H. Rowley: Donald Trump's Cabinet picks are giving Republicans buyer's remorse

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Time magazine named Trump its 2024 Person of the Year last week, and he told Time's Eric Cortellessa he won because, "We hit the nerve of the country.
34% : GOP senators need to vet them since Trump didn't.
30% : "To be sure, Trump won the election, and his nominees should be given fair hearings, but many are unqualified, erratic, unserious people.
24% : Then there's his choice of loyalist Kash Patel for FBI director, a man with an enemies list on a vengeance tour against the "deep state," to replace the widely respected director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, who was appointed by Trump himself in his first term.
21% : Donald Trump's ill-considered choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently emerged from yet another U.S. Senate meeting, stopped to talk with media and vowed, "As long as Donald Trump wants me in this fight, I'm going to be standing right here in this fight.
21% : Trump hasn't even taken the oath of office for a second time, and already the chaos, calumny and craziness of his first term are unfolding again shamefully across the national scene.
15% : National security experts warn that the country will be at risk if the Senate caves to Trump's intimidation tactics, shirks its advice and consent duties, and confirms Gabbard.
7% : Then implied MAGA threats of a primary challenge started to pressure Ernst.GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a frequent Trump critic, said the next four years will be hard because Trump loyalists will demand, "Everybody tow the line.
6% : Additionally, medical experts say the nation's health will be at risk if senators approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccination nominee Trump tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.John Bolton, a conservative Republican who served as Trump's national security adviser, warned last week in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that Patel's integrity and fitness should be examined in an FBI investigation prior to confirmation hearings, and he declared that "senators won't escape history's judgment if they vote to confirm him."Trump supporters went after Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a combat veteran, after she said she wanted to hear more from Hegseth on that issue.

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