Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks are now under way and — despite some Democratic posturing — the nominees are acquitting themselves well.

The most blatant pandering came from New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who essentially launched his 2020 presidential campaign with a broadside against Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions.

It was the first time a senator has ever testified against a sitting colleague at a confirmation hearing, but Booker sanctimoniously claimed he had to defer to his “conscience and country.” (As if Republicans don’t care about either.)

Then again, the Cory Booker who accused Sessions of “hostility” to civil rights is the same senator who last year declared he was “blessed and honored” to work with Sessions in honoring ’60s-era civil-rights activists.

Despite the criticism, Sessions’ testimony should put liberal minds at ease. He recognized the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage as “settled law,” declared waterboarding “illegal” and rejected a blanket ban on admitting Muslims to the United States.

Of course, the president-elect has already made all those points himself — but Democrats insist on pretending he hasn’t.

Similarly, Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson expressed strong support for NATO and took a tough line on Russia — though he pointedly (diplomatically) declined to call Vladimir Putin a “war criminal.”

We were heartened to hear Tillerson promise to “recommit” to America’s allies, particularly Israel, and insist that Washington needs to reassert its traditional global leadership.

Both men, in other words, made clear that the Trump administration won’t be the monster painted by liberal fearmongering.

Sad to say, this won’t be enough. They’ll likely be confirmed — after Democrats indulge in considerably more grandstanding.