Looks like another Republican (unnamed at this point) may have also defected. If I were betting I would put my money on JD Vance's vote being the tie-breaker putting Hedgeth's confirmation over the top. Although their hearings haven't even begun the results could be the same with the nominations of Kash Patel and RFK, Jr.
Final vote was 51-49 for the procedural. It was Collins and Murkowski that defected. The rest buckled under the pressure. It is funny when Republicans talk about hiring "merit" then seeing what their version of "merit" looks like. Apparently, the person with the most "merit" to run the DoD is an alcoholic on his third wife (cheating on them all) who has never led a large organization or engaged in large-scale strategic decision making (who, of course, just so happens to be a white male). Because merit.
Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Pentagon clears a key hurdle in the Senate Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in a series of controversies. Two Republicans are opposed to Hegseth.
Well I would certainly go on record as saying that fox and friends weekend is not as good as when Pete was on it.
Also his financial mismanagement and departure in 2016 from the org “Concerned Veterans of America”. He has a history of dishonesty, drunkenness, abusing women and is unqualified. But, everyone has skeletons and hopefully he HAS changed. But that doesn’t mean put him at the very top, in one of the most important roles in our government. Just because he’s looks TV-ready and says cool stuff on his show. I don’t understand what maga stands for other than following Trump. Hegseth signed NDA, received six-figure severance payment after leaving veterans' group, sources say
And it comes out that he paid $50k to the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017, according to answers reviewed by the AP.
Said it before, when the Dear Leader says "Jump!" Republicans in the House and Senate respond with the question "How high, sir?". I guess in a matters of days the least qualified Secretary of Defense in history will be taking office.
The bare Republican majority in the Senate has been intimidated into abdicating its Constitutional role to advise and consent with respect to presidential nominations. They've become so afraid of being primaried that they will confirm almost all of Trump's nominations regardless of the qualifications of the nominees. So far Matt Gaetz has been the only exception and he wasn't just grossly unqualified for the position of AG he is also an extremely unlikable sleazebag. Tulsi Gabbard may be other Trump nominee not to be confirmed. Kash Pattel another unqualified nominee should be confirmed on a strictly party-line vote.
Would be good if I were a Democrat, but I'm not and have never been one. I am a Republican who voted for Bush twice, McCain once, and then went independent and voted for Obama the second time around. This imbecile is all on you and the rest of the brain dead MAGA fools on the board. A million dead on Trump's watch and he gets a pass, but should 1 solider die on Biden's, its a pretend MAGA hissy fit. You believe in nothing but naked power plays, greed, and unreal hypocrisy. May you reap what you have sown with Trump! Now for a pathetic fact - the first pardoned J6er has already re-arrested on gun charges. Don't ever tell me you support law enforcement!
he's just not qualified to run the DOD...period.....platoon leader? maybe....there will be an international incident of grave concern under his watch
I feel like with modern technology that it should take all of about five seconds to collect these votes.
