Trump nominee is enjoying 'perverse Republican version of affirmative action': MSNBC host

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes shredded President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet selections as “unqualified and lackluster” – but suggested more was at play in an op-ed published Wednesday.

The cable news host appeared especially amused by Trump’s pick of former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, and in a stinging rebuke of the MAGA movement, went after Republicans’ villainization of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

"That is the sum total of his career qualifications,”...