{"id":2376274,"date":"2024-12-04T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lankford-chalks-up-trump-appointee-criticisms-as-media-noise-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T13:48:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:48:50","slug":"lankford-chalks-up-trump-appointee-criticisms-as-media-noise-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lankford-chalks-up-trump-appointee-criticisms-as-media-noise-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lankford chalks up Trump appointee criticisms as \u2018media noise\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flankford-chalks-up-trump-appointee-criticisms-as-media-noise-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2376274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200d provided HTML\u2062 snippet \u200bappears to \u2062be a\u200c part of a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/demi-lovato-happens-against-gender-reveal-celebrations-there-are-males-with-vaginas-and-women-with-penises-2\/\" title=\"Demi Lovato HAPPENS Against Gender Reveal Celebrations: \u2018There Are Males With Vaginas And Women With Penises\u2019\">web page<\/a> that includes a &#8220;read\u200b more&#8221; \u2064button and some elements likely related to a mobile menu and search functionality. 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While some outlets report innocuous clips from podcast interviews on Patel&rsquo;s part, other outlets made allegations that Hegseth had a problem with alcohol while working at Fox, which has been heavily disputed by his former coworkers. Lankford dismissed all reports on Trump&rsquo;s appointees in a Wednesday segment on Newsmax TV&rsquo;s <em>Wake Up America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2715336&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=9c41935f7925c396df8f5aea5ba5ed2a\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;All of us get the privilege of actually getting a chance to be able to meet them and to be able to walk through that. So there&rsquo;s all the noise that&rsquo;s out there, then there&rsquo;s actually what&rsquo;s happening on the Hill as people are one by one getting a chance to be able to meet with folks, as I&rsquo;m doing later on today with several different nominees,&rdquo; Lankford said. &ldquo;At this point, let it play out. Let&rsquo;s get past the media noise, and let&rsquo;s actually do the constitutional process, and let&rsquo;s actually support the president and who he&rsquo;s actually trying to be able to pick to put next to him to be able to actually turn the country around.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lankford admitted he has not met with Hegseth as he is not a member of the Armed Services Committee. However, Hegseth already has the public support of Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth&nbsp;came under fire for his comments suggesting that military women shouldn&rsquo;t serve in combat roles. 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