The media shouting the last few days based on Sen. Ernst might give someone the impression the flawed Pete Hegseth is home free for US Senate confirmation…
THAT is NOT the case…..
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Defense, faces a nasty Senate confirmation hearing that would likely be uglier than the battle over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
Cornyn says he plans to vote for Hegseth but warned the embattled nominee may want to think carefully about moving forward with the Senate confirmation process, given the likelihood that Democrats will scrutinize allegations that Hegseth sexually assaulted a woman in 2017 and accusations that he mismanaged two conservative veterans’ groups.
“I just told him and his wife, I said, ‘This is going to be a very difficult process on all of you,’” Cornyn said.
Cornyn said he’s “been through a lot of Supreme Court nomination fights, including Brett Kavanaugh, and that may pale in comparison to what may be thrown at Pete.”
The bitter fight over Kavanaugh’s nomination rocked the Senate in 2018 after the conservative judge was accused by Christine Blasey Ford of sexually assaulting her at a high school party decades earlier.
Kavanaugh vigorously denied the allegation.
The Texas senator said Hegseth may want to reconsider his decision to leave his lucrative job as a host at Fox News but expressed his admiration for the nominee wanting to enter public service….
Note…
Gaetz was smart enough to NOT drag himself and his family thru a inquisition that would subject them to embarrassment and ridicule that might never go away…
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