'Assume the worst' from Trump's 'menagerie of misfits': ex-GOP lawmaker
Raw StoryDuring an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," a former Republican member of the House agreed with ex-RNC chair Michael Steele's assessment of Donald Trump's cabinet picks as a "menagerie of misfits" and raised a warning about what is to come. With the entire panel reacting to the president-elect's choices –– running from scandal-plagued Rep. Matt Gaetz to unqualified Fox News personality Pete Hegseth –– host Steele took the lead with guest ex-Rep. Joe Walsh. "So Donald Trump is leveling up a menagerie of misfits, people that he knows are not competent, capable, intelligent enough to do the jobs that he is giving them." They need to be burned down to the ground," Steele added, "The deconstruction of the administrative state has been a key calling card for those acolytes around Donald trump.