'Always a no vote': Trump takes parting shot at McConnell ahead of Hegseth hearing
January 24, 2025
Donald Trump may not have done his nominee to be the next secretary of defense any favors as he left the White House on Friday morning.
On Thursday two Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine made it clear they would vote no on Trump's pick.
With embattled former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth facing a do-or-die Senate vote later on Friday, and fending off accusations of sexual assault, domestic abuse, public drunkenness and financial improprieties, the departing Trump was asked about his chances.
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That was when the president, with the first lady standing conspicuously behind him in a knit cap and enormous aviator glasses, took a dig at the former Senate majority leader who has battled the president for years and has been close-mouthed about how he will vote in the closely divided Senate.
"Look, whatever it is, it is, he's a good man," Trump protested over Hegseth's problematic nomination.
"I don't know what's going to happen; you never know in those things. But Pete's a very, very good man, I hope he makes it, I hope he makes it. Uh, I was very surprised that Collins and Murkowski would do that. And of course, Mitch is always a no vote, I guess," he complained.
"Is Mitch a no vote? How about Mitch?" he asked the assembled reporters.
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