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Oklahoma Markwayne Mullin senator expressed his confidence that Pete Hegseth It will be confirmed as Secretary of Defense, despite the opposition of the moderates of the Republican Party.
Hegseth exceeded an obstacle of procedure in the Senate on Thursday, which prepared a final confirmation vote planned for Friday night. But Republican senators Susan Collins (Republican by Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Republican by Alaska) publicly declared their opposition to their nomination, which means that the Republican Party can only allow a desertion more before the confirmation of Hegseth is lost.
Mullin, in an interview at the “Guy Benson Show” with the guest presenter Jason Rantz, said there are 50 votes of “yes hard” so that Hegseth is confirmed and estimated that he will receive up to 52 votes, with all the Democrats and the moderate Republicans . Alaska and Maine voted against.
“It will definitely be confirmed tomorrow,” Mullin told Rantz. “I don’t know what the White House calendar is, but I would not be surprised if I took office on Saturday.”
Hegseth exceeds the obstacle of the Senate and advances to a final confirmation vote
Senator Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma Republican, speaks during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. (To the drago/Bloomberg via getty images)
The Senate voted 51-49 to advance in the HEGSETH nomination on Thursday, which triggered up to 30 hours of debate before a final vote. President Donald Trump The besieged candidate for the defense has faced intense interrogations by the Democrats about their qualifications for the position, as well as personal questions about their habits of drink and supposed inappropriate sexual behavior, which has strongly denied. Hegesh has said that alcohol would refrain if confirmed.
Hegesh’s nomination faced another obstacle this week when reports arose that his former sister -in -law alleged that Hegseth had abused his second wife.
Two sources told CNN that Hegesh’s ex -wife Samantha Hegseth gave the FBI a statement about the alleged Hegeth alcohol consumption. The media said one of the sources said that Samantha Hegseth told the FBI: “Drink more frequently than not.”
On Tuesday, Fox News obtained an affidavit of the former sister -in -law of Heghseth, Danielle Hegesh, who alleges that he has an alcohol abuse problem and sometimes made his ex -wife, Samantha, feared for his safety. Danielle Hegesh was previously married to Pete Hegseth’s brother and has no relationship with Samantha.
Pete Hegesh, elected by President -elect Donald Trump to be Secretary of Defense, at the end of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, in the Washington Capitol, DC, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. (AP/BEN CURTIS PHOTO)
But Danielle Hegseth added that he was never witnessing any abuse, physical or sexual, by Pete against Samantha.
Samantha Hegseth also denied any physical abuse in a statement to NBC News.
Senate minority leader Chuck SchumerDn.y., Hegseth criticized hard at a press conference on Thursday and urged Republicans to join Democrats in the opposition to former Fox News presenter and Army National Guard.
“Hegesh is so absolutely disqualified that he occupies a prominent place … one of the worst nominated that could be presented,” said Schumer.
Senator Markwayne Mullin, Republican by Oklahoma, denounced the hypocrisy of Democratic senators during the confirmation hearing in the Senate of the candidate for the Secretary of Defense of the United States, Pete Hegseth. (Screen capture/Fox News)
“People’s life depends on this – civilians and, of course, the men and women of the armed forces – and Pete Hegseth has been not only unable to direct a great organization, but often shows himself unable to present themselves Or present in a “is so out of the main and so little qualified current for the Department of Defense that I have hope that our Republican colleagues join us.”
Mullin predicted that once hegseth is confirmed, the Democrats will direct their attention to another of Trump’s nominees, Tulsi Gabbard, who is the president’s election to be director of National Intelligence.
“I think they will divert their attention from Pete directly to Tulsi Gabbad,” said Mullin, noting that Gabbard’s confirmation audience is scheduled for next week. “Matt Gaetz went to Pete Heghseth. Now they will go to Tulsi, and after that, I’m sure they will probably go to (the candidate for secretary of health) Bobby Kennedy.”
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Oklahoma’s Republican also suggested that Democratic senators who can house presidential ambitions would benefit by demonstrating opposition to Trump’s nominees.
“We have all these Democratic senators now that they are jumping up and down wanting attention to be the defenders of the Democratic Party. What they do not realize is the position they assumed under Biden and when Trump was in office it is exactly the reason why the one that “threw me out of office.”
Morgan Phillips of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
