MSNBC’s Capehart on Jeanine Pirro: ‘She’s Not Qualified!’; ‘Failing Upwards’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
>> President Trump is writing.
>> The Fox News green room yet again.
>> For another. Big administration appointment.
>> This time.
>> Trump has tapped.
>> Fox News host and.
>> Close friend jeanine.
>> Pirro as interim U.S. Attorney.
>> For.
>> Washington, D.C. it comes.
>> Only a month after Trump was. It comes after.
>> Trump was forced.
>> To pull the nomination of his first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin, who faced. Pushback in the Senate Judiciary Committee over his defense of January 6th rioters. As for pirro, also.
>> Known as.
>> Judge jeanine, she comes with her own history of.
>> Repeatedly pushing.
>> Conspiracy theories in the aftermath.
>> Of Trump’s 2020.
>> Election loss, and was among those named in the defamation suit filed by dominion voting systems against Fox News, which resulted in a. $787 million settlement in 2023.
>> Well.
>> Judge jeanine.
>> Coming to.
>> Washington, it’s not going to be boring.
>> You know?
>> No.
>> I mean, talk about.
>> Failing upwards.
>> I mean.
>> How many? Ooh, maybe she’s not qualified.
>> I’m qualified.
>> To do any of this. No.
>> She for Trump. She is 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. There they are on your screen. The qualifications aren’t. can they run the.
>> Department.
>> Is do they have loyalty to him? And more importantly, do they have disdain for the. Organization in 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, right. For those for some of the generals, that’s always been part of how he thinks about it, because he thinks about all of this like.
>> A producer.
>> Of a.
>> Reality show. Right. And so.
>> When you’re talking about judge jeanine, what she’s going to.
>> Do.
>> He knows her very and they’re very close.
>> And he.
>> Knows. She’ll say what.
>> For.
>> His presidency.
>> And he.