Sen. Joni Ernst isn’t ready to throw her weight behind Pete Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon, she said Thursday on Fox News.
Ernst (R-Iowa), who had a “frank and thorough” conversation with the Defense Department pick on Wednesday, was asked on "America's Newsroom" if she's not ready to vote yes on Hegseth amid allegations of sexual misconduct and troublesome drinking.
She replied: “I think you are right.”
“A number of our senators, they want to make sure that any allegations have been cleared and that's why we have to have a very thorough vetting process,” Ernst said. “The vetting will continue, I am certain, through the next month or so until we approach that hearing date.”
Ernst is a veteran herself and has made combating sexual assault in the military a key bipartisan focus of her time in the Senate.
She’s seen as a critical barometer for Hegseth’s support among Senate Republicans and has been rumored as a possible replacement for the post herself.
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Ernst’s deranged and dishonest jihad against Hegseth suggests her opposition goes way beyond ideology. She needs to be honest with the American people, and Iowa voters who overwhelmingly voted for Trump, about the *real* reason she seems to oppose any Pentagon reform.
We know. She is a deep state actor that doesn’t gaf about her job. She’s paid to do this. The people in her state should immediately primary her and dump her like the garbage she is. But they won’t because they are weak losers so we all suffer
Senator Joni Ernst has received campaign contributions from defense industry organizations and political action committees (PACs) over her career. According to OpenSecrets, between 2013 and 2024, she received a total of $317,927 from the defense sector, with $152,927 from individuals and $165,000 from PACs.
She needs to be primaried and primaried quickly
We are done.
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