Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are So ‘Ideologically Diverse,’ It Makes CNN’s Scott Jennings Feel ‘Squeamish’

CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings argued this weekend that President-elect Donald Trump is building an “ideologically diverse” Cabinet that reflects his 2024 election victory.

During a panel on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Jennings noted how Trump picked Russ Vought to return as director of the Office of Management and Budget and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) to be the next labor secretary, among many others.

“I think Trump is not getting enough credit here for building an ideologically diverse Cabinet,” Jennings said. “When you’ve got everybody from Russ Vought, who’s very conservative, all the way over to the pick for labor secretary — is a supporter of the PRO Act, and somehow Randi Weingarten is happy about it.”

.@ScottJenningsKY: "I think Trump is not getting enough credit here for building an ideologically diverse Cabinet… and that's kind of how he won. His coalition was kind of ideologically diverse — that elected him." pic.twitter.com/lgxe57gy8x

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 24, 2024

Jennings was referring to the “Protecting the Right to Organize Act,” a bill written to amend labor laws that passed the House, but did not get through the Senate, and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).

“I mean, what he has done is — which makes me squeamish, to be candid,” Jennings said of Trump. “And so what he has done, though, is put together an ideologically diverse group of people to sit in a room and help run the government. And that’s kind of how he won. His coalition was kind of ideologically diverse that elected him.”

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In the 2024 election victory that included winning all the swing states over Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump made gains among working-class voters, minority groups, and young people. And Republicans maintained control of the House and retook the Senate for the coming term.

Over the past several weeks, Trump has picked a number of former Democrats who became disaffected with their old party to serve in top roles in his second administration. They include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been tapped to serve as Health and Human Services administrator, and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) to serve as Director of National Intelligence.

He’s also picked Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for Secretary of State, now-former Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, and former Florida Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi for Attorney General after Matt Gaetz dropped out, among others.