Pete Hegseth, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense secretary, has been making the rounds of the offices of senators who will be voting on his confirmation. On Monday, he met with Sen. Dan Sullivan in the senator’s D.C. office, and the senator had good things to say about the nominee, who is being trashed by Democrat partisans on Capitol Hill and in the legacy media.
“I had a productive meeting with SecDef nominee @PeteHegseth today,” Sullivan wrote. “We focused on the importance of restoring lethality and warfighting as the core mission at the Pentagon as well as the strategic importance of Alaska. I’m confident Pete will work to refocus our military on lethality and peace through strength, as well as getting rid of the damaging woke policies of the Biden admin, some of which I witnessed firsthand as a Marine Corps Reserve Officer.”
Hegseth might eventually visit Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, but that may be down the list for him, along with Maine Sen. Susan Collins. Those two Republicans are seen as hostile to the incoming administration. After all, it was Murkowski who voted to convict Donald Trump after he left the presidency in 2021, and it was Murkowski who believed the “me too” stories about now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and refused to vote to confirm him.
Murkowski, who flunked the Alaska Bar exam four times, had already signaled she would not vote to confirm Matt Gaetz as the next U.S. Attorney General because he was not “a serious candidate.” Gaetz has withdrawn his name.
Hegseth is facing accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017, although neither the local California district attorney nor the local police found the claims to be credible and the case never went to prosecution. Hegseth has indicated he was being stalked by the accuser.
Also visiting Sullivan this week was Rep. Elise Stefanik, whom Trump nominated for United Nations Ambassador.
“It was great meeting with Rep. @EliseStefanik today and I’m looking forward to hosting her back home in Alaska. It has been a pleasure working alongside Elise in Congress to combat antisemitism, which has been disturbingly on the rise around the world and pervasive in the UN for decades. I have full confidence Elise will do a great job representing the American people, will bring much-needed American leadership to the UN, and will hold those with anti-American and antisemitic views in the body accountable. Peace Through Strength!” Sullivan said.
Jonesing for support. No one will put their head on the chopping block for Pete.
Two staunch American first citizens. So happy to see backbone rising above the hideous current
administration’s version of National defense and UN kowtowing. Cheers to both and the heck with “Princess Lisa” and her foot stomping escapades.
“Sully” may be our salvation with Trump’s attitude toward Alaska.
Cheers,
If we still need more “lethality and warfighting” capability when we spend more than the next eight countries COMBINED you have to wonder what we are getting out of our “defense” spending. Recent conflicts continue to show basic weapons can overcome hi-tech ones and they also show that those adversaries we use as a reason to spend so much are really incapable of winning much of anything. Russia is using 50 year old tanks, their one aircraft carrier has not left the dock in years and when it did a tug boat had to travel with it being so undependable. Warmonger Dan, our Senator from Ohio, is running out of reason to keep his buddies in the Military Industrial Complex in business.
I read today that Lindsey who initially supported Pete is backing away as more alligations come out. Apparently Pete was forced of vet leadership roles for drunkenness and conduct unbecoming. Not somebody we want leading our military.
Greg, you never cease to amaze. As the MSM spews undocumented trash about Hegseth, you regurgitate it here as fact. You are better than this Greg. You must allow the proper vetting of these smear campaigns before vomiting them out here, otherwise it’s blatant slander. Stop already. Remember, innocent until proven guilty and not “proven” by unnamed sources as the MSM always miraculously comes up with.
As Pete’s days are numbered, Trump is now considering DeSantis for the job. Your feed is dated. You are 1 to 2 days behind the news.
It’s not slander if it’s true. It’s just reporting. All I do is repeat what I read. Just like you. You believe who you want to. So will i.
I consider the source before I believe.
Weird how all the witnesses are anonymous
Greg is absolutely not “better than this”. He just mindlessly repeats the DNC spin he is fed.
Cowardly Lindsay will fold to the highest bidder. As for the allegations against Hegseth, typical leftist smear using Alinsky tactics of polarizing, demonizing, and destroying any person they disagree with. This alone tells us Hegseth is the right man for the job.
For Pete sake! Let the man rid us of totalitarians/ communists and thieves.
That wouldn’t be his job classification. He has to follow the constitution and he isn’t a cop.
Funding genocide and stealing land is Pro-American ??? What ???
Three AIPAC stooges.
Good to see Dan, hasn’t been out in quite awhile.