Posted on 12/05/2024 10:13:20 AM PST by conservative98
Pete Hegseth, defense secretary nominee, has "serious baggage" and is not the right pick, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the "perfect fit" that President-elect Donald Trump needs, Newsmax's Greg Kelly said.
"No one's perfect, but it's a perfect fit," Kelly said Wednesday on his program, "Greg Kelly Reports," about Florida's Republican governor. "Administrating the Pentagon, the biggest federal bureaucracy, and making it lethal again and not woke and all those things. I think it's a perfect fit."
Kelly said he did not support DeSantis' run for the presidency this year, "but he's been a very good governor of Florida."
"When you're the governor of Florida, you're responsible for a lot of things," said Kelly. "That is the kind of resume that really qualifies you to run the Pentagon. ... I think DeSantis, if the opportunity becomes available, and I think it's going to very soon, he should take it because he's not good at running for president."
Hegseth, meanwhile, "hasn't done nearly enough for MAGA to warrant the Department of Defense job," and his "baggage," including reports of sexual misconduct and alcohol use, along with reports of an email his mother wrote him and then rescinded, are also concerns, said Kelly.
"There are some problems here, sorry, big time," he added.
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Don’t shoot the messenger.
he’s not good at running for president.”
VERY true.
NO!
This newsmax guy should dry up & blow away. Who cares who he thinks or trusts him.
Who the hell cares what Greg Kelly thinks?
They out themselves. Greg Kelly, no longer trustworthy.
Won’t shoot you, but screw Greg Kelly and screw NewsMax too.
The bottom line: President Trump wants Pete Hegseth.
What Greg Kelly wants is immaterial.
Fail.
I’m not sure who would spend time in front of a TV listening to the opinions of this guy. The thinking world has moved (way) past cable news and news readers.
I can’t remember so much opposition to cabinet choices from any demonrat president.
Pffft. Who cares?
Newsmax is useless. Looks like it’s produced in a garage.
well, he has less viewers than msnbc, so I’m not to worried what he wants.
All the more reason to never ever ever tune into Newsmax
Greg is a quitter.
To be fair to Greg Kelly, he has been tending recently to ping vary hard on moral issues.
Pete and Ron would both make excellent SecDefs, and we sorely need one or the other.
If Pete doesn't make conf (we can debate why on another thread) then Ron would be an excellent alternative.
I might add that we should consider putting the campaigns aside, the election is over, we can re-group and focus on the Dems (who will undermine us at every opportunity.)
DeSantis is an exceptional State executive. He should stay there.
Hegseth should go on offense against the rumors.
BS. Will he bring our armed forces back to respectability?
Isn’t that all that matters?
He has a point. It’s the Hegseth organizational resume-nonexistant. It’s like Ronald Reagan picking an oral surgeon to run the energy department or better yet-an Arabian horse fella to run FEMA. Defense needs to be hands-on.
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