‘Clear vision’: Conservatives rally around Hegseth after fiery confirmation hearing

Responses are submitted. social media And elsewhere, as defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faced an often-personal, tense confirmation hearing by Democrats on Capitol Hill.

“Pete Hegseth is crushing it,” former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said. Posted on X. “When one constantly focuses on warlords and killers, it’s refreshing to hear Washington’s word-salad game without appointees pretending to be social workers who run government agencies.”

“The Senate likes to tout hearings as serious, deliberate policy-making and nation-building exercises. But the behavior of many Senate Armed Services Committee Democrats during Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday revealed the sad truth that most Senate hearings, confirmation or not, are kabuki. Theater ,” Daily Signal political editor Bradley Devlin He told Fox News Digital.

American Majority president Ned Ryan told Fox News Digital that Hegseth handled himself “beautifully.”

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“The Department of Defense has announced a clear vision for a new day at the Pentagon, one where we can move away from active weakness and focus on strong defense,” Ryun said. “And he graciously accepted when the Democrats tried to use anonymous attacks to undermine Pete. It was certainly a fantastic hearing for him and there is little doubt in my mind that he will be easily vindicated.”

“They didn’t put gloves on Hegseth today,” CNN political analyst Scott Jennings said. Posted on X. “Why do the Dems send their stupid members to this important committee?”

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US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill during his confirmation hearing. (Alison Robert)

Former HUD Secretary Ben Carson and his wife Candy noted, “This hearing made two things clear: 1. The left is fully committed to the dangerous, passive, weak, and failed policies that were so strongly rejected in November.” Posted on X. “It’s really sad. 2. Pete Hegseth would be a wonderful defense secretary. That’s how it’s done.”

While Democratic senators are distracted by hearsay and character assassinations, Pete Hegseth continues his path about the military’s lethality, Caroline Downey, staff writer for the National Review and visiting fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum, told Fox News Digital.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, speaks with Sen. Ted Budd, RN.C., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in the Russell Building. They headed to meet. (Tom Williams)

“As the daughter of a West Point graduate and an Army captain who served in Vietnam, I can say that those core goals have been subordinated to progressive political goals,” she continued. “Military academies have given themselves over to ideological indoctrination, their purpose is to produce leaders of mental, intellectual and physical strength who will defend and defend the United States at risk. While Democratic lawmakers have accused them of abandoning veterans, Hegseth has proven that he has. They are always dedicated to their safety, not just in word but in deed.”

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Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said after the hearing that it was important that Hegseth be vindicated “immediately” and allowed to begin as soon as possible.

“For me, it’s important that he gets to work right away,” Banks told reporters.

“We can’t vote it out of committee until President Trump is President Trump again. So the committee will meet on January 20th and we’ll pass it out of committee…and hopefully it will go to a vote right away. We can’t wait on the floor,” he continued.

After the hearing, several Senate Democrats refused to support Hegseth and said he was unqualified.

Fox News Digital’s Morgan Phillips contributed to this report