Republican senators don't care that Trump's nominees are lying—like Kash pretending he didn't know a Nazi-adjacent podcaster whose show he's been on eight times—because the confirmation process to them is all a game and truth is irrelevant. And nominees are also mad-flipping on their signatures issues: RFK, Jr. on vaccines, Tulsi on Edward Snowden, and Kash on the Jan 6 cop beaters. Meanwhile, RFK knows embarrassingly little about the programs he'd be administering, Democrats should try combat on for size, and the Fox hosts/reality show stars turned in quite a performance after the first plane crash in 16 years. Tommy Vietor joins Tim Miller.
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Hello and welcome to the Bulwark Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. We have a massive day today. The Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard hearings are happening as we speak, as is a press avail that Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are having about the tragic plane crash in Washington. So we'll get to some of that. For Bulwark Plus subscribers, we'll do a full wrap-up at the end of the day.
That link will be in your inbox, or you can go to bulwark.com slash subscribe if you're not a member yet. I don't know why that would be. And of course, I'll be back tomorrow for a recap. But for today, we've got the co-founder of Crooked Media, co-host of something called Pod Save America. He also has another podcast I like called Pod Save the World.
He was a national security staff spokesman during the Obama administration. It's a man Ben Shapiro calls Tayron Tommy, Tommy Vitor. How are you doing?
You know, I'm good, buddy. It's great to see you. Actually, I think in like 2018, I emailed Ben because I used to call him Baby Bannon, which honestly was kind of unfair because I think he left the Bannon world. So we agreed to not be quite as mean to each other online, but I never actually met Ben. So I should probably do that someday.
Yeah, I don't know. I listened to his podcast for the first time in a while yesterday, and it is unlistenable. And the fact that he beats us in the ratings sometimes is me always, but you sometimes should really make you have to reflect on some things. How do you do a show without someone to talk to? I just, I don't get it. It's just a monologue. It's just monotone. What did Sarah call him?
A castrated chipmunk? It's just like a castrated chipmunk giving you a 50-minute lecture in the same tone. It's an interesting podcast. Fun guy. You know, to each their own, right? You know, everybody, people like different things, different strokes for different folks. All right. As I mentioned, there was a just horrific midair collision last night outside of Reagan National DCA.
There were no survivors. The collision was between a passenger jet coming in from Wichita and an Army helicopter. As we're coming on here, I believe still happening in the Brady briefing room is Donald Trump and J.D. Vance talking about this, the I want to play one clip from the president talking about what he thinks was the reason that this crash happened.
They put a big push to put diversity into the FAA's program. Then another article, the Federal Aviation Administration. This was before I got to office recently, second term.
The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency's website. Can you imagine?
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