“Keep Fighting”

The Wall Street Journal reports that President-elect Trump is considering replacing Pete Hegseth with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. I’ve seen no indication that DeSantis is eager to have the job. The Journal also claims that as many as six Republican senators may be opposed to Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense.

Maybe the report was contrived to force Hegseth to step aside. Who knows if this was an intentional leak or the news department of the Wall Street Journal competing again with the New York Times to see who can do the most damage to the GOP.

Of course, the story could be fake news. Hegseth said that he talked with Trump this morning, and the president-elect told him, “Keep going. Keep fighting. I’m with you all the way.”

I am glad to hear it. No one should forget what the left did to Brett Kavanaugh!

Getting the right secretary of defense is critically important for the Trump/Vance administration, and more and more senators are offering their support for Hegseth’s nomination.

Hegseth should keep fighting. If there are Republican senators who oppose his nomination, we need to make that confirmation vote happen. Let’s put them on the record and find out who they are.

As one conservative commentator noted, the last time a nominee for secretary of defense was defeated, we lost John Tower and got Dick Cheney instead.