Mazie Hirono actually said...

"This is what authoritarians do. None of us is safe from this regime."

"He’s putting in all the people that will support him, or have a relationship to him."

"Serious concerns about his ability to do the job in an objective and fair way."

"I have to say that I sit on five committees in the Senate, and the Veterans Committee is one that really is characterized by bipartisanship."