Just 24 hours after cruising through his confirmation hearing, Pete Hegseth is believed to easily have won over a majority of U.S. senators and will soon head up the U.S. Department of Defense, according to two members.
Tuesday’s contentious hearing saw President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee spar with Democrats like Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), creating made-for-TV moments that appear to have only helped make his case. Despite an onslaught of negative coverage by the mainstream media, Hegseth, a former Army National Guard Member, has continued to fight back against allegations of drinking on the job and harassing female subordinates in previous roles. His approach has garnered deep appreciation from MAGA supporters who, like Trump, want his most embattled nominees to stand their ground, and along the way Hegseth has also won support from formerly skeptical GOP senators like Joni Ernst (R-IA), herself a combat veteran who is said to have questioned the defense nominee on his belief about women serving in combat roles. The issue was front and center as Gillibrand and Warren screeched about his alleged hypocrisy on female service…
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