President Donald Trump said he wasn't aware that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voted against Pete Hegseth's confirmation as secretary of defense, adding: “I just heard we won.” said.
when asked If President Trump was “disappointed” that McConnell voted against Hegseth's confirmation, how could Hegseth be considered after Vice President J.D. Vance broke the tie vote in the Senate? The focus was on whether it had been approved by the Secretary of Defense.
President Trump replied, “I didn't know that.” “No, I don't know about that. I just heard that we won. The important thing is to win, right?”
As Breitbart News' Christina Wong reported, the Senate voted 51-50 to confirm Hegseth as secretary of defense, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski Vance, joined by Representative (Alaska) McConnell, broke the tie vote. Democrats voted no.
After being nominated by Trump to be secretary of defense, Hegseth once again faced several smear campaigns launched against Trump. One of the slurs leveled against him concerned the claim that “the tattoo is associated with white supremacy,” even though his tattoo is “associated with the Christian faith.” Ta. Another smear leveled against him centered around a “report on a 2017 complaint from a woman” who claimed he raped her. A police report indicated “there was no evidence of rape” and surveillance footage “contradicts the woman's account.”
Another smear “centers on accusations made 10 years ago, when fired co-workers at a U.S. veterans organization wrote a letter complaining to leadership,” alleging that Hegseth “was at a holiday party or after-work event.” “I drank too much,” he claimed. Then another smear started new york times Hegseth has “published angry emails” he received from his mother, accusing him of “abusing women”. His mother later apologized for what she wrote.
Mr. Hegseth had met with Republican and Democratic senators to discuss “their concerns” prior to his confirmation, but Democrats recently “circulated an affidavit from his estranged former sister-in-law. “In a last-ditch effort, they tried to block Mr. Hegseth's nomination.” He was “abusive to his ex-wife.”
Hegseth's ex-wife, Samantha Dearing, disputed the allegations from her estranged ex-sister-in-law, saying in an email to NBC News: lawyer. “
“There was no physical abuse in my marriage. This is the only further statement I will make to you, I have told you that I do not and will not speak about my marriage to Pete. ” Dearing added. “Please respect this decision.”
