Posted on 01/24/2025 7:10:12 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
President Trump on Friday said he wasn’t expecting Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine) to vote against his controversial nominee for secretary of Defense, Army veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth.
“I was very surprised that Collins and Murkowski would do that,” Trump said.
The president also nodded to the yes vote from Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to advance Hegseth’s nomination, saying he is “always a no vote. Was Mitch a no vote? How about Mitch?” McConnell voted to advance Hegseth’s confirmation.
“Let’s see what happens,” the president said.
The Senate voted largely along party lines, 51-49, to advance Hegseth on Thursday with the two Republicans opting to oppose him. The vote sets the stage for a final confirmation vote on Friday, with Hegseth expected to secure the majority support he needs.
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Did they vote against Biden’s nominees?
Like a disappointed parent, he’s just saying that.
Trump couldn’t possibly be surprised by ‘No’ votes from Collins and Murkowski. They will also be ‘No’ votes for Kash, Tulsi and RFK Jr.
Nope, they were fully on board with pedojoe's picks.
Collins is ok. Murkowski-blame republicans in Alaska.
Yep. It’s a better look than being negative and denies the two hags the satisfaction of annoying Trump. That doesn’t mean POTUS won’t endorse their primary opponents, even recruit good candidates.
Isn’t it blamevranked choice?
Dear President Trump: I am not surprised. This is why I will never donate to the NRSC or WinRed. They give money to sleaze like this.
Two nasty hags for sure.
Just old crones who listen to too much gossip.
Their votes weren’t needed, so they were allowed to stay on brand.
I am not. They are all deep state. I am more surprised that we didn’t have a few other traitors/dissenters.
Can’t wait to contribute to their opponents!
That is what these two-faced hags do all the time.
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Yes, and since every sane person knows that, I’m sure Trump was not at all surprised. There must be some strategy devised to get them voted out of office before they cause any further damage to our country.
He’s not surprised. Neither are we.
Let’s all find out who is primarying them and donate to those campaigns.
“two faced ****”
Let us be nice until replacements are at hand.
I hope he figures out a way to make those two harridans miserable such that they don’t know where it’s coming from!
He’s not surprised. 🙄
“Nope, they were fully on board with pedojoe’s picks.”
They had no problem with that ignorant sick joke Katangi doesn’t know what a woman is.
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