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Ernst Declines to Give Support to Hegseth During Fox News Appearance
Breitbart ^ | 12/05/2024 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 12/05/2024 9:21:53 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Thursday on FNC’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) declined to support former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary.

The Iowa Republican said that the vetting process needed to continue.

“I did have a very long, lengthy discussion with Pete yesterday,” she said. “I appreciate his service to the nation. I, too, am also a combat veteran. So we talked about a number of those issues and will continue with the vetting process. I think that is incredibly important. So again, all I’m saying is we had a very frank and productive discussion. And I know we will continue to have conversation in the upcoming months.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: attentionseeking; declines; doge; ernst; hegseth; iowa; joniernst; petehegseth; selfrighteous; support
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Figures with this cow
1 posted on 12/05/2024 9:21:53 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

she wants to be primaried


2 posted on 12/05/2024 9:22:47 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: ChicagoConservative27

butt she’s conservative??


3 posted on 12/05/2024 9:23:24 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She approved mayorkas


4 posted on 12/05/2024 9:24:23 AM PST by stanne
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Get your head out of your ass, Iowa...Ernst needs to go.


5 posted on 12/05/2024 9:25:27 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: who knows what evil?

Bingo


6 posted on 12/05/2024 9:25:59 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Declines to give support but didn’t decline to vote for him. There will be a whole lotta attention seeking going on before the hearing.


7 posted on 12/05/2024 9:27:15 AM PST by conservative98
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ernst wants to become what is called a virtuous objector, thereby gaining credibility for her pet cause.


8 posted on 12/05/2024 9:28:55 AM PST by nwrep
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To: imabadboy99

Let’s do it. She’s part of the Mitch McConnell cabal and needs to be sent home.


9 posted on 12/05/2024 9:30:26 AM PST by vivenne
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put her on notice that Iowa wants a new conservative to replace her. No more games!


10 posted on 12/05/2024 9:31:56 AM PST by princess leah ( )
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Trump should leak out he is considering relocating some military units from say, Iowa, to say Oklahoma, or Texas...potentially devastating that state economically...


11 posted on 12/05/2024 9:32:43 AM PST by DHerion
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes,

Because she believes that she is entitled to that position.

Joni Ernst ousted from Senate leadership team, defeated by Sen. Tom Cotton

by Valeree DunnWed, November 13th 2024 at 9:43 PM

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, lost her bid Wednesday to lead the Senate as Republican Conference chair, falling to Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. This means she won’t hold a role in Senate leadership.


12 posted on 12/05/2024 9:34:27 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s up to Thune to get this done. All these confirmation hearings are the first round of tests that will see if the GOP is going to help change America, or stand in the way. Either way, Trump is not going to let this term slip away due to the bad actors in Washington.


13 posted on 12/05/2024 9:35:43 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Hey, I'm in favor of women in combat... so long as they are made draft eligible...


14 posted on 12/05/2024 9:36:39 AM PST by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kari Lake was born and raised in Iowa

What if she returns home to primary Joni Ernst in 2026 and take her Senate seat?


15 posted on 12/05/2024 9:37:21 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Is she the one pushing duhsaintis? Or maybe she wants the position herself?
16 posted on 12/05/2024 9:38:17 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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She is part of the problem.

From wiki.
“In an interview with Time Magazine in 2014, Ernst said that she was sexually harassed in the military, saying, “I had comments, passes, things like that” that she was able to stop, and said she would support removing investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases from the chain of command.”


17 posted on 12/05/2024 9:38:21 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It has been stated that she is in line for Defense Secretary. If true, then whoever put that out is trying to have her withhold her support for Hegseth. This would be a major conflict of interest.


18 posted on 12/05/2024 9:51:23 AM PST by odawg
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Kari Lake was born and raised in Iowa.

What if she returns home to primary Joni Ernst in 2026 and take her Senate seat?

Fine by me. Ernst has become persona non grata with a lot of us, and if she pulls this kind of prima donna s**t at this particular time, she is obviously part of the problem and will be toast in 2026.

She had her chance, she could'a been a contender... and she blew it.

19 posted on 12/05/2024 9:51:55 AM PST by niteowl77
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Another aging female overcome with own self-importance. Right up there with Collins and that wretched alaska woman.


20 posted on 12/05/2024 9:53:01 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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