Democrats' pro forma opposition to fascist Pete Hegseth smooths path to his confirmation as Trump's defense secretary
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62% : Hegseth assured the senator he knew who the "enemy was."The beginning of the hearing was marked by several disruptions by anti-genocide protesters.53% : Republicans overwhelmingly supported the nominee and asked favorable questions, painting him and Trump as saviors of the republic.
53% : Throughout the hearing and in his opening statement, Hegseth emphasized that he would be a loyal conduit for the aspiring dictator, including his aspirations to deploy the US military on domestic soil to carry out police state operations, including in the service of mass deportations.Asked nearly four hours into the hearing by the CIA Democrat, Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, if Hegseth had been privy to any conversations with Trump about using the active duty military to establish "detention camps" or police "dangerous cities," Hegseth replied:Certainly, I have been involved in conversations related to doing things this administration has not, which is secure the Southern border and not allow floods of illegals into our country through an invasion that threatens the American people.
51% : "The Department of Defense budget rose every year under President Joe Biden and currently stands at nearly $1 trillion.
49% : He said:Given the growing potential of a multi-theater conflict involving near-peer adversaries, what steps would you take to prepare the Department of Defense to simultaneously execute and sustain operations across multiple regions while maintaining readiness and deterrence globally?Rounds added that "If we have a fight with one, chances are very good that we are going to have two battles, or two different battlegrounds at the same time."
48% : There are ways in which the military is already playing a role in that; 5,000 National Guardsmen are at the border right now...Slotkin, speaking for high-level elements in the military and intelligence establishment fearful that Trump's use of the active duty military in the United States will provoke mass opposition and discredit the military, expressed worry that Hegseth would agree to follow illegal orders issued by Trump, as opposed to former Secretary of Defense Esper, who refused to deploy the 82nd Airborne against anti-police violence protesters in Washington D.C. in the summer of 2020.
46% : He pointed to the "emergence of an 'axis of aggressors,'" a coalition "characterized by broadening and deepening military cooperation among the dictatorships ruling China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
44% : "Wicker lamented that "Today's Department of Defense is no longer prepared for Great Power competition" but said Hegseth would be the "change agent" needed to create a "warrior ethos.
40% : I saw 50 Secret Service agents get injured by rioters trying to jump over the fence and set a church on fire, yea.Asked by Hirono if Hegseth would carry out an order from Trump to seize Greenland, "a territory of Denmark, a NATO member, by force?
37% : Would you carry out such an order from President Trump?"Hegseth affirmed he would and boasted of his service in suppressing the protests as a member of the D.C. National Guard.
31% : "In June of 2020, then-President Trump directed former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to shoot protesters in the legs in downtown D.C., an order Secretary Esper refused to comply with.
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29% : Slotkin asked Hegseth, if Trump "asked you to use the 82nd Airborne in law enforcement roles in Washington D.C., would you also convince him otherwise?"
26% : He noted that he previously supported every nominee for secretary of defense, including Mark Esper under Trump but said he would not be voting in favor of Hegseth.
20% : "Defending his role in securing pardons for war criminals such as Eddie Gallagher, Hegseth claimed there was "prosecutorial misconduct" and declared that he "defaults to the warfighter," not "the second-guessers with air conditioners in Washington, D.C."Hegseth, like all of Trump's nominees, was picked due to his subservience to Trump and his "America First" agenda.
7% : "Cotton, noting that another protester had referenced the "war in Gaza," asked Hegseth if he, like Cotton and Trump, supported the ongoing genocide, to which Hegseth replied, "Senator, I do support Israel destroying and killing every last member of Hamas.
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