“As many as six Senate Republicans, perhaps more, are currently not comfortable supporting Hegseth’s bid to lead the Pentagon as new revelations about his past continue to be made public,” NBC News reports.
CNN: “No Republicans have said they will not support Hegseth, but even some of the GOP senators closest to Trump, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, are now wondering whether Hegseth can survive the tightrope walk to confirmation, sending an ominous signal for the incoming White House.”
Washington Post: “One Senate Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, said that Hegseth would have a ‘hard time’ getting confirmed and described some members as ‘wild cards.’”
Playbook: “He is in a deep hole with Republican senators, one GOP official told us, and there is rising doubt inside the transition that he will be able to dig his way out — particularly with the women senators who are his biggest skeptics.”
