On Friday night, all other than three Republican senators voted to confirm President Trump’s Secretary Defense, Pat Hegsit, which led to a breakthrough from 50 to 50 to 50, which Vice President JD Venice needed to break the tie.
But the close followers of the Senate are not surprised to see who had defective.
The two most senior Republican women in the chamber, Alaska’s Senators Lisa Merkovsky and Mine’s Susan Collins are generally considered moderate and have long been considered a major swing vote. The two voted against their party’s attempt to cancel the cheap care act in 2017, and they supported Democrats in favor of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to confirm in the Supreme Court.
And former Republican leader Senator Mach McConnell has become a more vocal critic of Mr Trump in recent years, and in return has made personal attacks by the president and his supporters.
After initially refusing to condemn the false claims of Mr Trump’s election fraud, Mr McConnel later condemned his repeated attempts to end the 2020 elections and on January 6, 2021 to the president ” Practical and morally responsible “, which led to the attack on the capital, though his followers, although Mr McConnel endorsed Mr Trump’s campaign last year, but the two men have been for almost four years. He did not talk to each other, and the deal was terminated by their assistants.
In particular, none of them directly cited allegations of personal mismanagement against Mr. Hegsit – which includes sexual abuse, physical and verbal “abuse,” excessive alcohol and financial mismanagement, in which Everyone denied Mr. Hegsit – as a reason to oppose the confirmation.
Instead, he focused his criticisms on the lack of Mr. Hegsit’s administrative experience, and for Ms. Merkowski and Ms Collins, on her controversial comments about women serving in combat roles. Ms. Merkovsky also said earlier this week that allegations of mismanagement against her “do nothing to silence my concerns”, and said that on numerous occasions, her past disbelief “showed a lack of decision. What is the base of someone who will guide our armed forces. “
Mr McConnel, who is the most supportive of the Senate to help allies overseas, stressed that in his view, Mr. Hegsit has taken over national security challenges to handle the secretary defense job He did not show much understanding, which he called “”. In any administration, the cabinet’s most fruitful official. He also took a shot on the claim that Mr. Hegsit, who is a combatator, would restore “warriors culture” in the US military.
Mr McConnell said in a long statement after the vote, “The restoration of” Warrior Culture “will not come from a culture of a set of culture Warrior for the other.
Mr McConnel’s opposition to Mr Hagsit can be predicted to vote for additional “no” votes against other prominent nominees of the national intelligence, including Tulsi Gabard, Mr Trump’s National Security Advisor , And Kashi Patel, his choice to lead the FBI, has been chosen.
