Following a popular traditional pressure campaign, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, revealed on Tuesday night that she will be voting to ensure Pete Hegseth as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of defense.
” I am breaking information. … Well, I will be supporting President Trump’s pull for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth”, Ernst said during an exam on Simon Conway’s television show.
Hegseth’s assurance hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, in which he endured hideous slanders and deranged rants from the body’s Democrat people, was the Iowa Republican’s news. The original Fox News host even fielded policy-related issues from the commission’s GOP members, including Ernst.
Hegseth and liberal voters, who were pressured by GOP senators to confirm him following revelations that Ernst was spearheading a covert effort to oust his nomination, are now in a significant victory with Tuesday’s announcement.
Trump’s top international news sources reported to The Federalist last month that the junior senator from Iowa was running an “aggressive” individual warfare against Hegseth. This included Ernst making calling to Trump to persuade him to chuck Hegseth and enlisting Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S. C., to entrance the president-elect to remove Hegseth with Ernst.
Following The Federalist’s reporting and the subsequent traditional reaction, Ernst and Graham appeared to have changed their music regarding Hegseth’s election.
Graham signaled his eagerness to rear Hegseth following Tuesday’s hearing, writing on X,” With yesterday’s efficiency, I believe Pete Hegseth’s journey to verification has been assured”.
During his testimony, Hegseth detailed his ideas to “bring the hero society again to the Department of Defense” and make the Pentagon an organization “laser focused on warfighting, mortality, democracy, requirements, and preparation”.
” Like many of my century, I’ve been there. I’ve led troops in battle, been on guard for days, pulled a button downrange, heard bullets guru by, flex-cuffed insurgents, called in nearby air help, led medevacs, dodged IEDs, pulled out dead bodies, and knelt before a battlefield cross”, Hegseth said. “]T] his is not academic for me, this is my life. I led then, and I will lead now”.
The Army veteran discussed major issues implicating the military, including DEI and its harmful effects on military readiness, and the Navy’s waning fleet. Additionally, he asked about the Pentagon’s budgetary issues and the ongoing recruiting crisis, which were sources of questions.
The Federalist staff writer Shawn Fleetwood graduated from the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
