Posted on 01/14/2025 6:27:19 PM PST by God luvs America
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, officially endorsed Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday night, despite expressing some initial uncertainty following their first meeting.
"After four years of weakness in the White House, Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense," Ernst told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement.
"Our next commander in chief selected Pete Hegseth to serve in this role, and after our conversations, hearing from Iowans, and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense. As I serve on the Armed Services Committee, I will work with Pete to create the most lethal fighting force and hold him to his commitments of auditing the Pentagon, ensuring opportunity for women in combat while maintaining high standards, and selecting a senior official to address and prevent sexual assault in the ranks."
President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense (DOD) went before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday morning, where he faced questions from both Democratic and Republican members.
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Should still primary the grandstanding idiot.
Agree, she definitely was grandstanding.
Thanks joni.
“Should still primary the grandstanding idiot.”
Yep.
Any Republican senator that has to be pressured into confirming a Republican cabinet nominee deserves to get primaried. Her voting record is atrocious. Both of Iowa’s senators are weak.
“hold him to his commitments...”
She thinks she will be his boss. Cracking me up.
Sobered up I guess.
Good for her.
She thinks she’s in charge of DOGE too. She’s a lowlife.
Thank you Joni.
My bet is her congressional office got swamped with phone calls from her constituents.
You think? I mean DJT won her state by almost 10 pts!!!
Almost 10? He won Iowa by more than 13
What’s with that ridiculous circular haircut?
It’s ludicrous IMO to publicly support a nominee until the committee review is done. Now what is said/discussed behind closed doors is another matter altogether. Personally, I wouldn’t have minded someone else being put in for Hegseth. But I wasn’t elected President and see that we’ve got a lot of huge problems facing America. Thus, I’m strongly inclined to give Trump’s team a chance. Our Constitutional Republic is at a major crossroad and I hope that we can keep it.
It’s called political expedience.
It is not called principle.
I thought it was 8pts, but I’ll take 13
Should still primary the grandstanding idiot......
Is it grandstanding? Or is she deep state? Notice how fast she inserted herself into DOGE. Something seems off about her. She is a swampy one. Same one who was gonna “send them squeling” and did nothing until now.
We the People saw how 2020 was stolen from Trump because RINOs allowed it.
NEVER AGAIN.
Any useless RINO in the House or Senate who tries to thwart Trump must be aggressively primaried as soon as they come up for re-election.
She must feel like Hamas agreeing to a hostage ‘deal’ in a timely fashion.
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