Pete Hegeseth is thoroughly disgusting.

[milestogo]

He's an alcoholic who abuses women, cheats on his wives, and was a failure in business. He is a rapist who bought his way out of the charges.

Anyone who votes for him as secretary of defense truly does not give a rat's ass about this country. He is totally unqualified to run this enormous and important department.

[jls4561]

1. So....perfect for Felon45.

[liberalla]

42. yep! The kind of person he feels perfectly comfortable with. They're on the same level.

[H2O Man]

2. Recommended.

I agree 100%.

Thank you.

[Dave Bowman]

3. He's nauseating and incompetent.

This whole cabinet is a nightmare, I wish I could wake up.

[dalton99a]

4. The rapist will be Secretary of Defense.

[Lovie777]

5. He's perfect for shithole musk and comrades..............

[surfered]

6. He's a DEI hire from that minority of FOX News talking heads, drunks, and abusers of women.

[BigMin28]

7. When is the vote?

Aside from DU, I'm avoiding the news.

[louis-t]

9. It was supposed to be by today.

I can't stomach tv news so I haven't heard anything.

[BigMin28]

16. Thank you

nt

[COL Mustard]

25. Going on now

He'll survive confirmation.

ETA: The vote is 50-50, so CPL Vance will obey his orders and cast the tie-breaker.

Later edit: Confirmed. Vance earned his pay today.

[dalton99a]

10. Tonight.

[ReRe]

15. Just now, reporter in the halls of Congress

just now said in about an hour, so maybe about 9PM.

[IzzaNuDay]

17. Vote at 9PM Eastern Time

If Senate confirms him, it will be beyond disgusting!

[boonecreek]

8. K&R nt.

[Tanuki]

11. He's also an apologist for war crimes

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/top-democrat-presses-hegseth-supporting-accused-war-criminals/story%3fid=117669602

..."Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, told Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the committee, that it would be his priority "that lawyers aren't the ones getting in the way" of military effectiveness.

Reed said Hegseth's advocacy for pardons for convicted war criminals when he was a Fox News host raised questions about his respect for the military judicial process as the members of the committee questioned the nominee.

Reed referenced three acts of clemency Trump took at the end of his first administration and for which Hegseth made a public case, including two convictions by courts martial, saying that in "two of these cases, the military personnel who served in combat with these convicted service members were not supportive of the pardons."

Shortly before Trump's pardons in November 2019, Hegseth said the president could take "imminent action" on the convictions of Army Lt. Clint Lorance and Green Beret Maj. Matt Golsteyn for war crimes and the demotion in rank of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was acquitted of killing a wounded Islamic State captive but sentenced to four months confinement and a reduction in rank for posing with a corpse during a 2017 deployment to Iraq"..... (more)

[moniss]

12. Even without the horrible personal conduct

he is immensely unqualified.

[Kablooie]

13. Perfect for this administration that thinks morals are just indications of weakness.

And anyone who gives a rat's ass about the country won't be allowed anywhere near the levers of power as long as Trump is Führer.

[spanone]

14. Trmp will be running it out of the White House.

[70sEraVet]

18. I wrote to one of my US Senators asking that he not vote for Hegseth

I live in TN, so, there's not much hope in either one standing up to tRump. But I didn't even waste my time on Blackburn -- I wrote to Hagerty.

[Klarkashton]

19. The sense is that we are all being collectively punished

By a maniacal sadist. This can't end well.

[JHB]

20. "As seen on TV"

The only thing Trump considers to be a "qualification."

[SleeplessinSoCal]

21. And he's an educated crook.

Time at Bear Sterns, followed by malfeasance at Vets groups.

[AverageOldGuy]

22. "Anyone who votes for him . . ."

Which is why he will be confirmed .

They know if they don’t vote for him Trump will primary them and they don’t want to
Lose their seats.

[Skittles]

26. yup

it's always the greedy old pig party over America - always

[GiqueCee]

23. Ah, but there is ONE thing he's good at...

... keeping our attention on him, instead of watching what the Orange Skidmark is doing behind our backs. And what he's doing right under our noses as he sneers, "Whadda ya gonna do about it?"

[Beck23]

24. But he's a MEI hire

[Solly Mack]

27. K&R

[yellow dahlia]

28. .

[Hekate]

29. His former sister in law swore out an affidavit, but had she persisted or started earlier...

…my observation of past Senate behavior regarding any woman who dares speak truth about the administration’s chosen male candidate for, say, SCOTUS, is that drunken rape is not a problem — and that that brave woman is dragged, disgraced, called a liar and called mentally deranged.

Dr. Anita Hill and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford were both left in tatters. My disgust at Senate Republicans is at an all-time high.

[orangecrush]

30. Very soon the test will come

He will give illegal orders.

Then we will see if the Republic still stands.

[milestogo]

33. Nothing is illegal if Trump orders it.

[orangecrush]

34. The guys that hung around Nuremberg

Thought the same thing.

[Sogo]

31. Saving this to ram it down Joni Ernst's throat during her re-election campaign in 2026.

I sent her an email (my Senator)letting her know that we, her constituents, are well aware that she's putting her career above the nation's security.

[bdamomma]

32. Scum

like the felon.

[BobTheSubgenius]

35. Granting all of that, Hegeseth still has work to do.

At least, if he wants to stand out in a GOP crowd. I can't recommend anything violent, of course, but I might suggest he watch something along the lines of Pink Flamingos for ideas.

[IbogaProject]

36. And no real leadership or managerial experience

Not even any high level combat leadership. Obviously the personal details should have ended his chances but he has little relevant experience for maybe the most complex managerial position in the cabinet.

[LilElf70]

37. He won't last

I give him 60 days. And that's a generous guess

[allegorical oracle]

39. I take a similar consolation. Believe our low opinion of him is likely correct. The fatal flaw with

most, if not all, of TSF's appointments is hubris. They all overestimate their abilities because they don't know how much they don't know.

[Martin68]

38. I agree that he is thoroughly disgusting. So is every individual that voted to confirm him.

[mdbl]

40. As disgusting as the one that nominated him and those in the senate that voted for him.

Seem the entire GOP has become one big vomit.

[GoCubsGo]

41. He fits right in with the rest of them.

Nothing but a bunch of sex offenders, drunks, druggies, spousal abusers, animal abusers, and other assorted criminals.

[Evolve Dammit]

43. This.

[Jakes Progress]

44. As are the 51 republicans who voted for him.

They are all out to make money on the destruction of our country and other people's pain. Greedy ghouls every one of them.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

45. Let's hope that he gets followed by the paparazzi who will report on everything he does.

I don’t think that the National Enquirer is under Trumps thumb anymore. I notice some negative stuff on the cover. I refuse to buy a copy of it though….