Senate GOP sees Hegseth nomination as likely doomed
Source: The Hill
12/05/24 5:36 PM ET
Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of Defense appears doomed despite his fiery declaration that he’s “not going anywhere,” Republicans on Capitol Hill told The Hill on Thursday.
“I think most people do not expect Hegseth to make it,” said one Republican senator. “There’s seven or eight [Republican] votes against him. It’s a matter of time.” “It’s on the death watch,” the senator added.
GOP senators say that President-elect Trump is letting Hegseth twist in the wind and even appeared to undermine his nomination by floating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as a possible replacement nominee to head the Pentagon. Republican senators say that Trump isn’t making calls to GOP senators to save Hegseth’s floundering nomination and instead is throwing more ballast onto a sinking ship by floating DeSantis as a replacement.
DeSantis, a Navy judge advocate general who is a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve, would easily win confirmation, the GOP source said. “Where is all of this stuff about DeSantis coming from? That’s all coming out of Mar-a-Lago,” the first GOP senator who spoke to The Hill said.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5025283-hegseth-defense-nomination-doomed/

Walleye
(38,643 posts)C0RI0LANUS
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underpants
(189,258 posts)Gaetz out
Hegseth doesn’t look good
Gabbard and Patel have to be NO’s but the Bulwark is reporting on Morning Joe that Trump is willing to go to war for Tulsi and RFK Jr.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)"go to war over" Tulsi and RFK, Jr.
Putin wants Trumpf to weaken the America people physically and financially while purging the USIC. The US oligarchs get richer with the contracts they will make for themselves.
This is treachery of the highest order in a new phase of class warfare against the American people.
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underpants
(189,258 posts)That would be the ultimate hope for him.
I’m okay if Jr gets in as long as Gabbard and Patel don’t. That may be settling but those two can’t get through. I can’t imagine Republicans stopping all of these.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)There was a food recall about his raw milk which I posted a few days ago.
These people really want to make Americans sick, weak, or ill.
And that flush you are hearing is our national security going down the drain. I heard a rumor that top level CIA personnel will be resigning in Jan 2025. And some USIC resignations have already begun:
https://www.pogo.org/investigations/ic-and-cia-ig-investigation
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)We’ve had far too many food recalls and food borne diseases lately. I don’t understand why we can’t get someone like that. Also, it’d be nice if some of the dangerous ingredients in food were taken out. There has to be someone out of 320 million that can do this job.
C0RI0LANUS
(3,015 posts)reACTIONary
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JoseBalow
(6,987 posts)I expect today to be his last as the nominee.
He'll drop out claiming he still has drumpf's full support, but doesn't want to be a distraction, will still serve in some other way, blah blah blah, the usual horseshit.
drumpf will fake-tweet about unfair witch hunts, fake dem smears, blah blah blah, his usual horseshit.
Not looking forward to the DeSantis shitshow though
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)Crickets.
underpants
(189,258 posts)Padding Desantis resume to run for POTUS in 2028.
KS Toronado
(20,972 posts)there would only be 7 or 8 votes for him, not the other way around.
EYESORE 9001
(27,873 posts)He’s got a sweet little fiefdom going there, and I don’t see him abandoning that. Perhaps he’d try keeping a foot in both worlds.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,490 posts)OTOH, I could see the Fla. legislature with their Repug majority ramrodding something through to enable DeathSentence to be Dictator of Florida for as long as he wants.
LeftinOH
(5,489 posts)...basically.
AllyCat
(17,606 posts)Is an abuser and assaulter of women. Wants women out of full military duty. Believes women should be subservient.
Or because he is completely unqualified for the position.
SomewhereInTheMiddle
(478 posts)defacto7
(13,907 posts)Callie1979
(607 posts)Initech
(104,107 posts)And that's the kind of person who's attracted to the MAGA cause.