<p>Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-hawley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Hawley</a> (R-MO) urged his GOP colleagues on Wednesday to give President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s Cabinet nominees &#8220;a shot&#8221; and hear them out during confirmation hearings.</p>
<p>Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-demands-next-gop-senate-leader-allow-recess-appointments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> he wants to use recess appointments to install <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cabinet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cabinet</a> members, bypassing the typical process of hearings and votes, as not all his picks got a warm reception from Republicans.</p>
<p>But during a Fox News interview, Hawley pushed the view that &#8220;every single one of these nominees needs to have a confirmation hearing as quickly as possible&#8221; and said he plans to support all of them.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would just say to my Senate colleagues, listen, let these guys testify,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Give them a shot. I know some of these Senate GOP folks are saying, ‘Oh I&#8217;ve got concerns.’ That&#8217;s what a hearing is for.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hawley, who was speaking with host Jesse Watters, continued: &#8220;Don&#8217;t go out and bash these people and I tell you: at least allow them to make their case. And listen, I think they&#8217;ve got momentum.&#8221;</p>
<p>One firebrand Cabinet pick in particular — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-following-attorney-general-nomination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now-former</a> Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Gaetz</a> (R-FL) for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-nominates-matt-gaetz-for-attorney-general" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attorney general</a> role — has dismayed Democrats and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/politics/matt-gaetz-attorney-general-senate-republicans.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even some members</a> of Trump&#8217;s own party.</p>
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<p>Republican senators <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/20/lindsey-graham-josh-hawley-say-meeting-matt-gaetz-/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met</a> with their colleague, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Gaetz earlier in the day as part of the Trump transition team&#8217;s effort to win over their support.</p>
<p>Hawley said he thought the meeting &#8220;went great and it&#8217;s full steam ahead.&#8221; He also dismissed the notion that some Republicans decided to vote against Gaetz even before talking with him.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve read about my colleagues, some of them here in the Senate who say, &#8216;We&#8217;ve got deep concerns.&#8217; Of course I&#8217;m reading all of the slander and garbage in the press,&#8221; Hawley explained.</p>
<p>Hawley said the ruckus over Gaetz, which includes coverage of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-following-attorney-general-nomination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a House ethics investigation</a> into him, and others is nearly what Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh dealt with as a nominee.</p>
<p>&#8220;The answer to that is let the guy speak,&#8221; Hawley said, adding Gaetz &#8220;deserves to be able to address this himself. He deserves to be able to lay out his vision and the president&#8217;s vision for the DOJ.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hawley argued Trump should be allowed to have a Cabinet that &#8220;reflects his agenda&#8221; and noted that he believes the press and &#8220;the establishment&#8221; despise the breadth of the president-elect&#8217;s coalition.</p>

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