Female Repub­li­can Sen­a­tors Express Sup­port for Pete Hegseth: ‘The Answer’ to Restor­ing the Mil­i­tary

Sen. Cyn­thia Lum­mis (R‑WY) expressed full sup­port for Defense Sec­re­tary nom­i­nee Pete Hegseth after meet­ing with him Mon­day amid an onslaught of hit pieces from the estab­lish­ment media.

“Are sol­diers some­times wild childs? Yeah, that can hap­pen, but it is very clear that this guy is the guy who, at a time when Amer­i­cans were los­ing con­fi­dence in their own mil­i­tary, in our abil­i­ty to project strength around the world, Pete Hegseth is the answer to that con­cern,” she told reporters on Tues­day, accord­ing to Politi­co.

Her sup­port comes at a crit­i­cal time, as Hegseth comes under attack from anony­mous sources in reports about his alleged behav­ior when drink­ing or with women from as far back as 2014.

Sen. Shel­ley Moore Capi­to (R‑WV) also expressed sup­port for Hegseth, post­ing that she was glad to meet with him and dis­cuss their shared pri­or­i­ties of restor­ing U.S. mil­i­tary deter­rence and attract­ing more patri­ot­ic young Amer­i­cans to mil­i­tary ser­vice.

Sen. Mar­sha Black­burn (R‑TN) has come out as a strong sup­port­er for Hegseth, meet­ing with him last week and tout­ing his record and cre­den­tials since then.

“He is more than qual­i­fied to assume the role of Sec­re­tary of Defense,” she said Tues­day.

There has also been an out­pour­ing of sup­port from male Repub­li­can sen­a­tors, but female Repub­li­can sup­port has been par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant as his crit­ics smear him with 2017 alle­ga­tions of rape, despite a police report say­ing there was no evi­dence of rape, and mis­treat­ment of women.

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