Summary

CBS’s 60 Minutes faced intense backlash from Trump allies after host Scott Pelley criticized Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, calling them unqualified and lacking experience.

Pelley highlighted Pete Hegseth (Defense Secretary), Matt Gaetz (Attorney General), Tulsi Gabbard (Director of National Intelligence), and RFK Jr. (head of the CDC) as controversial nominees, citing loyalty to Trump rather than qualifications.

The segment drew sharp criticism from Trumpworld figures like Steven Cheung, Elon Musk, and Charlie Kirk, who labeled it biased propaganda.

Some Democrats and Republicans have also questioned the viability of these nominations in Senate confirmations.

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    Do Republicans have any facts to dispute in the reporting?

    Or are they mad someone pierced the bubble they live in?

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      I’m sorry, what now?

      Republicans and facts? In the same sentence? Have you heen living under a rock for the past 30 years?

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    “News finally tells truth for once, gets backlash from people who believe in chem trails.”

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    Ugh. What doesn’t spark right-wing backlash? Those morons lost their shit because the Green M&M wasn’t sexy enough.

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      Those morons fell for a ploy to distract from a lawsuit against Mars over slave labor that was happening at around that time, and as a result, distracting US morons.

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        start by depriving mainstream media your eyes. your attention is the most valuable commodity, and most media caters to the right because the left is addicted to being well informed. media outlets do not fear losing the left’s eyes. and they’ve shifted their bias right enough that they’re straight up no longer providing info, just a slightly center right perspective on certain events.

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        Tucker Carlson wanted to fuck them but he has a foot fetish and doesn’t like their flats when they used to have heels.

        Look it up :(

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    Good lord, the right is filled with such spineless baby snowflakes.

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    I mean, if I were an opponent of the USA, I’d be celebrating. Putin and Xi accomplished the total and complete destruction of the USA by simply amplifying the worst voices. No shots fired, no military deployment. Osama bin Laden would be spinning in his grave if he weren’t buried at sea.

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      A russian funded facist fanboy is president. Again.

      Cold War? Lost.

      WW2? On brink of defeat, nazis ready to step in after trump.

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    Poor poor MAGA cult you are going to have to put up with ridicule a little longer.

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    Don’t know or care who Steven Cheung is, but Elon Musk and Charlie Kirk are both white nationalist fascists, so if the segment upset them, then kudos to Scott Pelley.

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      When Trump held a campaign event at Arlington Cemetery, and a soldier tried to stop cameras etc from going in, Steven Cheung is the one who shoved her aside, and later said that she was obviously suffering from some sort of mental episode.

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    Lack of experience is the least of my worries with his cabinet picks. I’m more worried about these guys being so criminal and having their own agendas that trump had to bypass FBI checks to ensure they could get in to begin with

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      These are objective facts as opposed to random ravings of lunatics. Remember that Fox News’ own lawyers claim that it’s not actually news but rather is entertainment only.