'Bombastic talking head': MSNBC panel mocks Trump's 'reality show' pick Jeanine Pirro
President Donald Trump has picked far-right Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Washington, D.C. office. Trump's Pirro announcement followed his decision not to nominate the current interim U.S. attorney for that office, Ed Martin, permanently.
Pirro has a background as a prosecutor: in the past, she served as DA in Westchester County, New York. But in recent years, Pirro's main focus has been working as a Fox News pundit.
Trump's decision to appoint Pirro to DOJ drew a biting response from a Saturday morning, May 10 panel on MSNBC's "The Weekend." And the three hosts — The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, Politico's Eugene Daniels and Never Trump conservative Elise Jordan — agreed that Pirro is being hired for her loyalty to Trump, not because she brings a long DOJ resume to the table.
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Capehart complained, "She's not qualified to do any of this stuff." And Daniels responded, "For Trump, she is."
Daniels elaborated, "The qualifications that he has for a lot of these people — and we're looking at 21 different Fox News personalities or contributors who have joined the second Trump Administration…..The qualifications aren't: Can they run the department? It's: Do they have loyalty to him? And more importantly, do they have disdain for the organization of which they're a part? He also tells people that he likes folks who look the part. Right? And you know, whether that means they're pretty or they're handsome or they look strong."
Daniels noted that when Trump picks nominees, he is thinking like "the producer of a reality show" — and by that standard, Pirro fights right in.
Jordan agreed, interjecting, "And he loves having someone who is a bombastic talking head is and is going to fight."
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