Hirono rips into Burgum’s opening confirmation hearing question: ‘This woman has a problem.’
Hawaii Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono faced mockery on social media Thursday for opening questions from Secretary of the Interior nominee Dow Burgum during his confirmation hearing.
“As part of my responsibility to ensure the qualifications of nominees before the committees I sit on, I ask the following two initial questions,” Hirono told Burgum on Thursday. “Have you ever made an unsolicited request for sexual favors or engaged in any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature since you first became a legal professional?”
“No, Senator, I haven’t,” Bergham replied.
“Have you ever been disciplined for this kind of behavior?” Hirono asked.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (Getty Images)
“I don’t have any,” he said curtly.
Hirono, who has asked similar opening questions to several other candidates in the past, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and attorney general candidate Pam Bondi, was widely panned by conservatives on social media for her line of questioning.
“This woman has a problem.” Conservative analyst Chad Prater Posted on X.
The Dem senator, who was embarrassed by Hegseth’s performance, stood by Dodd Sec, who oversaw Afghanistan’s withdrawal from the race.
Senator Mazie Hirono attends a news conference following the weekly policy luncheons on June 4, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Nathan Posner/Getty Images)
“No, this is not AI…,” conservative influencer Benny Johnson Posted on X.
“What’s wrong with Dems??” US President Ned Ryan Posted on X. “They’re clearly bat guano crazy sex pervs. Is that all they think??”
“How the hell does Hirono have a seat on the Judiciary and the Military Service and Energy?????” Columnist Tiana Lowe Doscher Posted on X. “Which Dem leadership member has kompromat??”
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Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgh is sworn in as Secretary of the Interior before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill, Jan. 16, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Getty Images)
Conservative comedian Tim Young Posted on X “A lot of Maze Hirono questions cabinet appointees about sexually assaulting someone… I think she’s guilty herself.”
Henry Rogers, the Daily Caller’s chief national reporter, called Hirono “spoiled” on X.
Hirono’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.