Is this Trump nominee doomed?
Pete Hegseth, the Fox News personality and the President-elect’s pick to lead the Department of Defense is facing a troubled path to confirmation over a number of concerning allegations about both his personal behavior and his behavior on the job.
Hegseth is the former co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend and has been the subject of negative reports surrounding an investigation into an alleged sexual assault. The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer also recently published a damning expose alleging all sorts of over-the-top claims, including reported details of drunken behavior while overseeing a Veteran’s rights organization he was working for at the time.
On Monday, Fox News reporter Chad Pergram filed a segment focused on the rocky road to confirmation which caught Hegseth dismissing concerns from another reporter.
“It’s believed that [Pam] Bondi is easier to confirm than Gaetz, but Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth could be a problem. He faces questions about his personal conduct,” Pergram noted, before airing sound of Hegseth addressing a press gaggle in the halls of the Capitol building.
“We are talking with every senator that wants to talk to us, and the conversations we have with senators, of course, are going to remain private,” Hegseth is seen saying.
CBS News’ Nikole Killion is then shown asking the Secretary of Defense nominee, “When you were at Concerned Veterans for America were you ever drunk while traveling on the job?”
Hegseth replies, “I won’t dignify that with a response.”
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Anyone who hasn’t figured out by now that the ‘ds’ (and rinos) will sling mud and do anything to disqualify every cabinet nominee proposed by DJT simply isn’t paying attention. Even after a ‘suitable’ candidate manages to make it thru the vetting process and gets approved, they will still fight them tooth and nail thru their tenure. Can’t have DJT actually do anything positive after all.
Back off Pete, Has field experience Knows where to make Changes