Senate GOP sees Hegseth nomination as likely doomed
Source: The Hill
12/05/24 5:36 PM ET
Pete Hegseths nomination to serve as secretary of Defense appears doomed despite his fiery declaration that hes 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. Theres seven or eight [Republican] votes against him. Its a matter of time. Its 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 isnt making calls to GOP senators to save Hegseths 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? Thats 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
(36,426 posts)C0RI0LANUS
(1,875 posts)underpants
(187,373 posts)Gaetz out
Hegseth doesnt look good
Gabbard and Patel have to be NOs but the Bulwark is reporting on Morning Joe that Trump is willing to go to war for Tulsi and RFK Jr.
C0RI0LANUS
(1,875 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
(187,373 posts)That would be the ultimate hope for him.
Im okay if Jr gets in as long as Gabbard and Patel dont. That may be settling but those two cant get through. I cant imagine Republicans stopping all of these.
C0RI0LANUS
(1,875 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
(19,317 posts)Weve had far too many food recalls and food borne diseases lately. I dont understand why we cant get someone like that. Also, itd 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
(1,875 posts)reACTIONary
(6,157 posts)C0RI0LANUS
(1,875 posts)JoseBalow
(5,651 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
(19,317 posts)Crickets.
underpants
(187,373 posts)Padding Desantis resume to run for POTUS in 2028.
KS Toronado
(19,703 posts)there would only be 7 or 8 votes for him, not the other way around.
EYESORE 9001
(27,617 posts)Hes got a sweet little fiefdom going there, and I dont see him abandoning that. Perhaps hed try keeping a foot in both worlds.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,363 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
(5,418 posts)...basically.
AllyCat
(17,222 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
(407 posts)defacto7
(13,646 posts)Callie1979
(284 posts)Initech
(102,512 posts)And that's the kind of person who's attracted to the MAGA cause.