Damn! I have seen that numerous times now but it still makes me cringe.MUST WATCH: Republican @SenJohnKennedy asks one of @realDonaldTrump’s US District Judge nominees basic questions of law & he can’t answer a single one. Hoo-boy. http://pic.twitter.com/fphQx2o1rc— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) December 15, 2017
Well I am not the only one to cringe, and now this Mathew Person guy is taking his ball and going home.
Courtesy of HuffPo:
President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee Matthew Petersen has withdrawn his name from consideration after a video went viral of him failing to answer basic questions about law in his confirmation hearing.
“It happened,” an aide to a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee told HuffPost on Monday.
The White House later confirmed the news. “Mr. Petersen has withdrawn his nomination and the President has accepted,” a White House official told HuffPost.
In his letter to the president, Petersen said he’s withdrawing because he doesn’t want to be “a distraction” to the administration.
“I had hoped that my nearly two decades of public service might carry more weight than my two worst minutes on television,” he said. “However, I am no stranger to political realities, and I do not wish to be a continued distraction from the important work of your Administration and the Senate.”
Yeah, don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out Spanky.
Let's face the facts Donald Trump's appointees are among the least qualified folks to have EVER been nominated for a judicial, cabinet, or government position.
Personally I think they should all be rejected just as a basic rule of thumb.
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