Pete Hegseth Faces Senate Armed Services Committee
This might be the most contentious nomination hearing.
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, has his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) chairs the committee. Notable Democrats who should…well, yeah:
- Mazie Hirono (HI)
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Tammy Duckworth (IL)
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has been a Republican who has shown resistance.
Sen. Duckworth Fails at Her “Gotcha” on ASEAN
Someone tell Duckworth that ASEAN is an economic alliance, not military.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth just challenged @PeteHegseth to name one of the nations in ASEAN, what type of agreement we have with them, and just how many nations are in ASEAN.
One problem: ASEAN is not a military alliance. It's an economic alliance.
Hegseth responds by saying he does… pic.twitter.com/2zILrO2XKp
— Bradley Devlin (@bradleydevlin) January 14, 2025
Sen. Kaine Tries to Make Hegseth Sound Like a Wife Beater?
Hypothetical. Also, someone get Kaine a comb.
NEW: Dem Senator tries to paint Pete Hegseth as a wife-beater in the most disgraceful line of questioning yet.
TIM KAINE: “Did you ever engage in any acts of physical violence against any of your wives?”
HEGSETH: “Absolutely not.”
KAINE: “But you would agree with me that if… pic.twitter.com/Y3kVfUTRxG
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) January 14, 2025
Sen. Hirono Puts Words Into His Mouth
I…what?!
🚨 BREAKING: Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) accuses Pete Hegseth of planning to use the military to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal.
Lmao.
HIRONO: Would you use the military to take over Greenland or an ally?
HEGSETH: Trump never strategically tips his hand. I would… pic.twitter.com/36a5Y88ZXv
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2025
Da Nang Dick has Thoughts
Sen. Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal doesn’t think Hegseth can lead the Pentagon.
JUST IN: Senator Rich Blumenthal (D-CT) says Pete Hegseth is not capable of presiding over the military because he has never presided over a million people.
"450,000 [in the Army]… 337,000 [in the Navy]…. 172,300 [in the Marine Corps]…"
"Those numbers dwarf any experience… pic.twitter.com/A5hyINMwVd
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2025
Women in Military
Hegseth explained his comments even though all of us with common sense knew what he meant:
Pete Hegseth responds to Senator Shaheen's pointed line of questioning of Hegseth's comments on women in combat:
"It's not about the capabilities of men and women. It's about standards…that we have seen eroded over time." pic.twitter.com/CIKg8c7cKL
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 14, 2025
Jag Off
Yes, this happened.
Reed: "Would you explain what a Jag Off is?"
Hegseth: "I don't think I need to… The men and women watching understand."
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 14, 2025
Protestors
Oh, look. Code Pink is there.
HOLY SMOKES.
Leftist protestor in Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing gets manhandled by police, carried out of the room like a sack of potatoes. pic.twitter.com/Rj30n432L3
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 14, 2025
Hegseth’s Opening Statement
🚨 PETE HEGSETH: We will remain patriotically apolitical and stridently constitutional. Politics should play NO PART in military matters. We are not Republicans, we are not Democrats, we are American WARRIORS. Our standards will be equal, not EQUITABLE. Leaders will be selected… pic.twitter.com/CtuLCuIvkT
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2025
Hegseth released his opening statement.
A few excerpts:
1. Restore the Warrior Ethos to the Pentagon and throughout our fighting force; in doing so, we will reestablish trust in our military — and address the recruiting, retention and readiness crisis in our ranks. The strength of our military is our unity — our shared purpose — not our differences.
2. Rebuild our Military, always matching threats to capabilities; this includes reviving our defense industrial base, reforming the acquisition process (no more “Valley of Death” for new defense companies), modernizing our nuclear triad, ensuring the Pentagon can pass an audit, and rapidly fielding emerging technologies.
3. Reestablish Deterrence. First and foremost, we will defend our homeland — our borders and our skies. Second, we will work with our partners and allies to deter aggression in the Indo-Pacific from the communist Chinese. Finally, we will responsibly end wars to ensure we can prioritize our resources — and reorient to larger threats. We can no longer count on “reputational deterrence” — we need real deterrence.
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Comments
I can and completely understand a principled resistance to a nominee’s confirmation, I do not tolerate a vindictive, partisan and personal attacks on a person, based upon political differences (read Party).
No understanding on my part. D deserves the team wishes. Unless one is a brennnann which there are none of those
Absolutely. Democrats are purposely instructed to attack, humiliate, and destroy the person because, in their political beliefs, the ends justify the means.
Since when have you ever known the Communists to be principled about anything?
Hegseth is definitely not a “Postwar Consensus” kind of guy.
Wow, Reed attack is Pete used the word JAG OFF! Oh, he got him on that one.
I worked with a lot of JAG OFFs in my career, in and out of the JAG Corps (or as Obama states, Corpse).
It is an apt term at times.
Hirono is an idiot.
Blumenthal is an idiot.
Watching this hearing has reinforced my belief that if it weren’t for the primary power of Trump – which has been potentiated by his new alliance with Musk – I’m not sure Hegseth would get 25 votes in the Senate. There are a shocking and terrifying number of GOP Senators who really are Democrats…several are reasonably progressive Democrats. Hegseth is going to have his work cut out for him once confirmed as most of the Senate will be working behind the scenes to scuttle him and his policy initiatives.
True. But this also applies to the entire Trump Administration. Many in Congress salivate at the chance to destroy his presidency.
Correct. But, they do seem – collectively – particularly keen on blocking ANY reforms at DoD and the other NatSec alphabets as well as DoJ. I bet if you did a forensic audit of the loudest anti-Hegseth voices, you’ll find the Chicom cash.
They are. They want DEI and all the other corrosive nonsense to remain in place.
El d onaldo deserves the team he desires, even if a couple are suspect (not pheGg…. EMAIL CALL YOUR SENATORS. NOW
Kirsten Gillibrand has been a US Senator from NY since 2009. Her lines of questioning were intentionally inflammatory and predicated on gender and sexual orientation. No one is saying women shouldn’t serve in the military. She is an excellent example of why our military has denigrated and has lost combat readiness under the Obama and Biden regimes.
If these Senators believe women should be in “combat” roles, then make them eligible for the draft, and refuse student loans for those who don’t register.
Unrelated but Pardon them all, unless fBi or blm/sds/antifa
If there is a more powerful argument about increasing the selectivity of people we allow into the country than Mazie Hirono herself, I can’t imagine what that argument is. Her father fought in WWII….for the Japanese Imperial Army. She’s an apple that didn’t fall far from her paternal tree.
I wonder if Tim Kaine has dipped his wick in anyone he wasn’t married to. Perhaps we should have the perv list released to see if Tim Kaine had any of his sexual peccadilloes paid for.
Wouldn’t raping a congressional page be disqualifying to be a senator? Unsubstantiated. But he needs to show he didn’t, using the same rules he is applying today.
OK Timmy. If these aren’t anonymous, publicly state their names now, during the hearings, go ahead.
But you won’t, because you are a liar.
And how about that drunk man’s nose of yours. Did YOU have an snoot full this morning?
What “wick?” How do you know that Timmy hasn’t “transitioned” to female genitalia? Doing so is all the rage and the ultimate status symbol, in Dhimmi-crat circles.
The petulant d/prog are behaving like the ‘crazy Ex’. Hell hath no fury like a wokiesta scorned.
Oh my God, listening to the despicable harridan and poser, Fauxcahontas, ask Hesgeth an attempted “gotcha” question, and then obnoxiously and rudely interrupt him, while he speaks in reply, is more than I can take.
Senator Reed is a jag-off. His question at least proved instructive, in that regard.
I can’t describe a JAG OFF, but I know one when I see one.
This garbage on the committee needs to understand its advise and consent he’s not running for their vote
The committee is pure garbage. They are ignoring advise and consent to make ad hominem attacks instead. It’s a Kavanaugh confirmation hearing all over again. The American people didn’t vote for this, but the Democrats, give them credit, are damn good at smearing their political opponents.
Yeah, the vile Dhimmi-crats are good at smearing opponents — they’ve been “Borking” political and federal court appointees since 1987, at least.
The behavior of the crazy Dems in this hearing is…crazy. I hope Republicans remember this the next time a Dem president is looking to get someone confirmed. We can’t have comity in the Senate only apply to hearings where Dems are looking to get confirmed. This is a bare-knuckles brawl and Republican should respond in-kind at the first chance they get.
They won’t. Just look at Ernst being more worried about her Grrrrrl Power nonsense than having an effective and lethal military. She knows that women do not belong in combat, and she has seen the numerous studies that show mixed-sex combat units have significantly decreased effectiveness. Yet, here she is using her limited time to potentially justify a no vote. Needless to say, Ernst had no issue voting to confirm numerous incompetents put forth by Brandon.
We GOP voters must vote in primaries and oust incumbents such as McConnell, Ernst, Cornyn, Lankford, etc. That’s the only way Republicans will respond in-kind.
Ernst is a RINO loser.
The only valid answer to that question is: “If the president were to order it, certainly”. No other answer should be acceptable.
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