Breitbart
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) took another critical step Monday towards voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
Ernst and Hegseth met Monday afternoon in person for at least the second time since President-elect Donald Trump nominated him.
“Following our encouraging conversations, Pete committed to completing a full audit of the Pentagon and selecting a senior official who will uphold the roles and value of our servicemen and women — based on quality and standards, not quotas — and who will prioritize and strengthen my work to prevent sexual assault within the ranks,” Ernst said after the meeting Fox News’ Chad Pergram reported. “As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a fair hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources.” more
Joni’s RINO ass got Trumped despite her duplicitous protestations. I can only hope that she gets primaried by an honest American that actually loves their country more than sucking up to the globalist swamp. She’s proven scum and she needs to go.
send her BACK to the pig farm
Best way to prevent sexual assault = no chicks in combat roles.
I believe she is up for re-election in two years. Good to know Joni finally learned to read because she must have seen the writing on the wall….in big letters, PRIMARY.
She and the likes of Nikki Haley are a trap a lot of dumbasses just can’t resist. Oh, if we had a good looking female as the face of conservatism… and bla, bla, bla and yada, yada, yada and… fuck that noise. That is a sucker play and the same bunch of tagalongs who fall for the formula driven corporate music buy into that nonsense. Clueless fucks are not even aware it is lip syncing and they have nothing to do with the music… if you can call it that.
She still needs to be primaried. Don’t trust her as she is a RINO.
“Joni Ernst Backs Hegseth…”
No she doesn’t. Joni Ernst is an illusion. Joni Ernst is sucker bait. Joni Ernst doesn’t have it in her to have an opinion. Joni Ernst is a trap. Joni Ernst is not and has never been genuine. Joni Ernst is to politics what Hannah Montana, or take your pick of whatever “new country” star is to country music.
Comprende’ mi amigos
There ain’t nothing more to it than that.
So Period Brain finally saw the light and the right!!
Glad someone is finally playing hardball with these RINO fucktards. They truly are the stupidest fucking people on Earth.
Ok, I’m going to stick my neck out on this.
Having served in both Active and Reserve USAF, I think it is worthwhile to vet the top commander of our forces for his attitudes toward women. Putting both Ernst’s and Hegseth’s personal stories and politics aside, if someone who has had a fairly renowned history of philandering, who is seeking to lead our military forces, it would not be out of bounds to understand how this history would affect his work and leadership.
There are some who would counter this concern by saying that women shouldn’t be in the military at all, and some who say women shouldn’t be assigned to combat roles. The first group — sad to say — are just wrong and it is this thinking that fueled the feminist movement. Rightfully so.
The second group forget that we have technical advancements in war that should not prohibit women from direct combat, namely drone “pilots.” Beyond those roles which do not put them in hand-to-hand confrontation with the enemy, a line should be drawn.
Thoughts?
@AA
The other day Megyn Kelly had Pete on her show for the full hour, you can find it on youtube, it was a great interview.
As you know, adultery is a crime under the UCMJ. Pete never had any issues of any sort involving women while he served. He talked at great length about his role in making the military safe for all women. He understands that meritocracy in essential, that women can play a vital role in the defense of the nation and that the military must be welcoming and accommodating to all in order to attract the very best.
I’ve been very critical of Pete’s history of infidelity, to me it reveals a serious character flaw, but I don’t think it is synonymous with misogyny or antipathy for women in general. and I think people can change with the grace of God as a motivator.
And I agree with your delineation WRT women in combat; in all roles that they are qualified for but not on the front lines where they can be captured by the enemy.
Thoughts?
Ernst cheated on her husband with an enlisted man while deployed. It led to their divorce so she no better that he is.
My desire is to get rid of all this woke crap and turn our military into a fine tuned killing machine. Pete can do that. Ernst can’t. In fact Ernst help create the problem. And as it turns out Pete is one of the very few people with the credentials to actual get this done. At this point in time I could care less about his infidelities. I can’t wait for the house cleaning. We’ve heard for a long time that these Pentagon types are more political than they are military. Pete’s all military and a combat vet. That will be an interesting change.
Dump her ass. Cannot trust her.