New Senate Majority Leader John Thune has reportedly told President-elect Donald Trump that he feels Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, will receive enough votes to be confirmed. He is said to have said.
“Three sources” said According to CBS News, Mr. Thune privately told Mr. Trump, “I believe Mr. Hegseth will have the votes to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense.''
However, a spokesperson for Mr Thune told the outlet that there were “two things” that had not been talked about publicly: “the number of lashes and his private conversations with the president”.
Hegseth has faced multiple smear campaigns against him since President Trump announced he would nominate him for secretary of defense.
As Breitbart News' Christina Wong previously reported, one of the slurs leveled against him was that the tattoo was “related to his Christian faith, not white supremacy.” , regarding his claim that his tattoos are associated with white supremacy. Another smear centered on a “report on a 2017 complaint from a woman” alleging that Hegseth “raped her.”
Another slander leveled at Hegseth was new york times Hegseth's mother has “published” angry emails she sent him, accusing him of “abusing women”. Hegseth's mother later apologized for what she wrote. 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.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, previously told CNN that Hegseth's confirmation hearing was scheduled for Jan. 14.
