田纳西州共和党参议员比尔·哈格蒂是共和党的重要盟友唐纳德·特朗普他说，选民不在乎谁对当选总统的内阁人选进行背景调查，特朗普将解雇不遵守他制定的政策的政府成员。
在接受《本周》联合主播乔纳森·卡尔(Jonathan Karl)采访时，哈格蒂痛斥了总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的一些内阁成员的记录，并坚称川普将要求他即将上任的政府的高级成员遵守规定。
对于美国从阿富汗血腥撤军，哈格蒂点名国务卿安东尼·布林肯和国防部长劳埃德·奥斯丁，“他们没有被追究责任。”
“特朗普总统会解雇那些工作做得不好的人。我完全希望进入内阁的每个人都会听特朗普总统的话。他们会让他制定政策，并根据计划执行。”
川普已经在快速充实他的内阁，包括挑选福克斯新闻频道主持人和退伍军人皮特·海格塞斯领导五角大楼，前众议员。图尔西·加巴德D-夏威夷将成为国家情报总监小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪领导卫生与公众服务部。
特朗普还任命了佛罗里达州前司法部长帕姆·邦迪接替佛罗里达州前众议员马特·盖兹领导司法部，不再考虑在众议院道德委员会混乱的不正当性行为调查中。
哈格蒂说，特朗普希望他的内阁提名人选迅速得到确认，并告诉卡尔，特朗普“显然希望立即进入状态”，并“希望我们迅速迅速地完成这些听证会。”
然而，除了盖兹之外，其他人也受到了丑闻的打击。
肯尼迪一直是著名的疫苗怀疑论者，并支持堕胎权，这激怒了与特朗普结盟的反堕胎团体。加巴德将俄罗斯入侵乌克兰归咎于美国和北约，并会见了叙利亚独裁者巴沙尔·阿萨德。Hegseth因向一名女子付款而陷入性行为不端的争议，该女子声称他在一次会议上侵犯了她。
随着盖兹退出竞选，人们的注意力大多转移到了赫格塞斯身上，他还表示，他不同意女性在军队中担任战斗角色。
哈格蒂称赞了黑格斯，并坚持说川普过渡团队已经彻底审查了所有候选人，但他不关心在确认程序正式开始前谁会对他们进行正式的背景调查。
“不要让这些指控分散我们的注意力。我们需要的是真正的重大变革。在过去的四年里，五角大楼更关注代词，而不是它们的杀伤力。哈格蒂说:“我们需要回到正题上来，我认为皮特正是做这件事的合适人选。”。
“过渡团队已经为此准备了几个月。我确信已经进行了重要的审查，对每个候选人都是如此，”哈格蒂补充道。
美国联邦调查局的背景调查已经通常练习对于需要参议院确认的提名人，但特朗普过渡团队尚未签署必要的协议，以允许这种筛选发生。
然而，尽管一些共和党参议员表示，他们希望看到美国联邦调查局对赫格塞斯进行背景调查，但哈格蒂说，“我认为美国公众不在乎谁进行背景调查。美国公众关心的是看到他们投票支持的使命得以实现。”
哈格蒂还表示，他支持使用休会约会-允许特朗普在国会休会期间临时任命内阁成员-尽管当卡尔问及如果特朗普缺乏足够的共和党支持在参议院得到确认，他是否会这样做时，他表示反对。
“我还没有和特朗普总统谈过具体计划。他想做的是尽快完成这些预约。他想看到我们通过确认程序。再说一遍，我认为一切都应该摆在桌面上，”他说。
Hagerty: The public doesn't care who does Hegseth's background check
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., a prominent ally ofDonald Trump, said voters don't care who conducts background checks into the president-elect's Cabinet picks and that Trump would fire members of his administration who don't follow the policy he sets out.
In an interview with "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, Hagerty lambasted the records of some of President Joe Biden's Cabinet members and insisted that Trump will command compliance from top members of his upcoming administration.
Name-checking Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for the bloody withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Hagerty said, “They've not been held to account.”
"President Trump will fire people that don't do their job well. I fully expect everybody coming into the Cabinet will listen to President Trump. They'll let him set the policy, and they'll execute according to that plan."
Trump has moved at a rapid pace to flesh out his Cabinet, including picking Fox News host and Army veteranPete Hegsethto lead the Pentagon, former Rep.Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii to be director of national intelligence andRobert F. Kennedy Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Trump also tapped former Florida Attorney GeneralPam Bondito head the Justice Department after former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.,withdrew from considerationamid a tumultuous sexual misconduct investigation in the House Ethics Committee.
Hagerty said Trump hopes to have his Cabinet nominees swiftly confirmed, telling Karl that Trump "clearly expects to hit the ground running" and "wants us to have these hearings done quickly and expeditiously."
However, others besides Gaetz have been hit with scandal.
Kennedy has been a prominent vaccine skeptic and supported abortion access, riling anti-abortion groups allied with Trump. Gabbard has blamed the U.S. and NATO for Russia's invasion of Ukraine and met with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. And Hegseth is mired in a sexual misconduct controversy over payments to a woman who alleges he assaulted her at a conference.
With Gaetz out of the running, the spotlight has mostly shifted to Hegseth, who has also ruffled feathers by saying that he doesn't agree that women should serve in combat roles in the military.
Hagerty praised Hegseth and insisted that the Trump transition team has thoroughly vetted all of its candidates -- but that he isn't concerned with who does a formal background check on them before the confirmation process formally begins.
"Don't let these allegations distract us. What we need is real significant change. The Pentagon has been more focused on pronouns than they have lethality the past four years. We need to get back to business, and I think Pete is just the person to do it," Hagerty said.
"The transition team has been working for months to prepare for this. I'm certain that there was significant vetting that has taken place, it has for every candidate," Hagerty added.
FBI background checks have beenstandard practicefor nominees requiring Senate confirmation, but the Trump transition team has yet to sign the necessary agreements to allow such screenings to occur.
However, while some Republican senators have said they'd like to see an FBI background check done on Hegseth, Hagerty said, "I don't think the American public cares who does the background checks. What the American public cares about is to see the mandate that they voted in delivered upon."
Hagerty also said that he supports the use ofrecess appointments-- allowing Trump to temporarily put Cabinet picks in office while Congress is out of session -- though he did demur when pressed by Karl over whether Trump would do so if the person lacked sufficient Republican support to be confirmed in the Senate.
"I haven't spoken with President Trump about the specific plans. What he wants to do is see these appointments made quickly. He wants to see us get through the confirmation process. And again, I think everything should be on the table," he said.
