Jim Himes (D-CT), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, acted as if he couldn’t believe his ears Sunday when asked about the president-elect. that of Donald Trump choice for national intelligence director.

Trump announced last week that he was nominating a former Democratic congresswoman. Tulsi Gabbard to the high position.

On Face the nationhost Marguerite Brennan cited Gabbard’s lack of qualifications for the position.

“You are the highest-ranking member of the Intelligence Committee,” Brennan began. “She was never part of this kind of committee. Do you think experience is necessary? Is she fit for work?

Himes laughed before responding, “Margaret, how far have we gone that on a major news show the question we’re looking at is, ‘Is experience necessary to fill one of the top jobs?’ most powerful in the country? Of course it is necessary!

Himes went on to torch Trump’s choices to Brennan:

You know, it’s a bit of our current obsession with the ethics committee’s report on Matt Gaetz. You know, I mean, how come we focus on this? Matt Gaetz is not, by any measure, totally incompetent to be attorney general, and yet we’re sort of focused on this, you know, icing on the cake of the ethical report.

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So these people are clearly not qualified and, you know, they’re not ready to run the very complex organizations that they’ve been asked to run. But history is a harsh judge, and a Republican senator who votes to consent to the nomination of Matt Gaetz – an agent of chaos – a performative social media, with no respect for the rule of law. The Republican senator who votes to confirm Matt Gaetz or Robert Kennedy Or Tulsi Gabbardwill go down in history as someone who completely abdicated his responsibilities to Donald Trump.

Watch the clip above via Face the nation on CBS.

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