Sen. Mazie Hirono and defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth (Getty Images)
Hegseth tried to offer a response to Hirono's question, but the senator would not let him get a word in and instead answered the question for him, "You will shoot protesters in the leg," she asserted to Hegseth. "Moving on."
Hirono also has been unafraid to ask each of Trump's nominees she questioned throughout their confirmation hearings, including Collins, about unfounded allegations of sexual assault.
"As part of my responsibilities to ensure the fitness of nominees before any of the committees, I ask the following two questions," Hirono posited during the hearing for Trump's interior secretary, Doug Burgum. "First is, since you became a legal adult have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment or assault of a sexual nature? Have you ever faced discipline or entered into a settlement related to this kind of conduct?"
Trump AG pick Pam Bondi, right, went back and forth with Sen. Mazie Hirono in her confirmation hearing. (Getty Images)
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"Sen. Hirono, I wish you had met with me. Had you met with me, we could have discussed many things and gotten to the meat [of your questions]," Bondi told Hirono as she was lobbing questions at the nominee. "You were the only one who refused to meet with me."
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