REPORT: Pete Hegseth Has the Votes to Be Confirmed As Secretary of Defense!

This just in: it’s looking like Pete Hegseth will be confirmed as President Trump’s Secretary of Defense!

According to several sources, John Thune has privately told President Trump that Pete Hegseth has the votes to be confirmed by the Senate.

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🚨 #BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader John Thune has privately confirmed with President Trump that Pete Hegseth DOES have the votes to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense

LFG! 🔥

America’s military will FINALLY make a huge comeback. pic.twitter.com/psdzwEvAqm

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 5, 2025

BREAKING: Sources say that Pete Hegseth has the required votes to get confirmed as Secretary of Defense!

If you don’t know who Hegseth is, listen to this.

He is the PERFECT man for the job. pic.twitter.com/TGppghaKdR

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 5, 2025

BREAKING 🚨 Pete Hegseth will be confirmed as Secretary of Defense according to John Thune, the Senate Majority Leader

HE HAS THE VOTES 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6vMhTNyyu0

— MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) January 5, 2025

In short, Pete Hegseth is the man for the job.

The current Fox News host is an Army veteran who loves America and wants to make our nation stronger by bolstering our defense and cutting out all the woke leftist policies that have weakened our military forces.

However, after President Trump announced his nomination for the position, Pete Hegseth faced backlash over past (unproven) sexual assault allegations from back in 2017.

From CBS News:

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has privately told President-elect Donald Trump that he believes Pete Hegseth will have the votes to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense, according to three sources.

When asked for comment, a spokesman for Thune would only tell CBS News, “Two things we don’t discuss publicly: Whip counts and private conversations with the president.”

The new Senate Majority Leader in an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” promised a fair process but expressed more caution.

“I think these are nominees who are new enough, they’ve been going around and conducting their meetings, which I think, frankly, have gone very well, but they still have to make their case in front of the committee. And, you know, we don’t know all the information about some of these nominees.”

Hegseth’s confirmation hearing is scheduled for Jan. 14, according to Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker.

Trump named Hegseth his pick for Defense Secretary on Nov. 12, a week after the election. Days later, Hegseth came under fire amid accusations of past sexual misconduct. An unidentified woman accused Hegseth of sexual assault in a Moneterey, California, hotel room in 2017.

Hegseth claimed the sexual encounter was consensual and prosecutors declined to file charges. Hegseth and the accuser reached a confidential financial settlement in 2023.

Mediaite added:

A new report Sunday revealed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has provately promised President-elect Donald Trump that Pete Hegseth has enough votes in the Senate to lead the Pentagon.

According to a report by CBS News, three sources have confirmed that Thune has assured Trump privately that his embattled defense secretary nominee will make it through the Senate confirmation process.

When asked to confirmation the reporting, a spokesperson for Thune told CBS News that “Two things we don’t discuss publicly: Whip counts and private conversations with the president.”

The confirmation briefing for the former Fox News star will occur later this month on Jan. 14. On Sunday, Thune told Face The Nation host Margaret Brennan that all of Trump’s nominees will “still have to make their case in front of the committee.”