Joni Ernst: “I Don’t Have a Campaign
Against Pete” Hegseth
Real Clear Politics,
by
Philip Wegmann
Original Article
Posted By: Kate318,
12/6/2024 9:57:24 AM
Sen. Joni Ernst has not made up her mind about Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be secretary of defense, but despite the suggestion of some of her colleagues, the Iowa Republican told RealClearPolitics during a Thursday interview that she is not pursuing that role for herself.
“I am not seeking to be secretary of defense,” Ernst said after some on the left suggested she would make a better candidate than Hegseth and after critics on the right accused her of trying to sink his nomination for personal gain. A combat veteran herself, she explained that while “I absolutely have interest in the military…”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 12/6/2024 10:06:21 AM (No. 1849413)
The veil has been lifted on joni. She’ll probably end up voting for Hegseth and will still be primaried. The sooner these losers realize there’s a new Sheriff in town, the better off we’ll all be. Hear me graham?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 12/6/2024 10:32:20 AM (No. 1849433)
Her lips were moving. That’s how I know she is lying.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
franco 12/6/2024 11:09:29 AM (No. 1849457)
Rumors are Ernst wants the job herself and is working to tank Hegseth. I suspect this is why we heard the trial balloon of DeSantis for the job -- it was probably coordinated with Hegseth's knowledge in order to send a message to Ernst that she's not in line for the job should Hegseth be denied. However, I do hope that PDJT is sending her the message that she will received a well-financed primary challenger in her next election cycle if she doesn't cut the preening now.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 12/6/2024 11:13:37 AM (No. 1849458)
Joni, you sink Trump's nominee and you really think Trump will nominate you or anyone you support? Really? Are you trying to out stupid Sotmayor and Kawansi Jackson?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
TXknitter 12/6/2024 11:58:50 AM (No. 1849492)
We MAGA voters are wise to the games these ambitious worms on the Hill try to pull on us. We recognize DeSantis cheerleaders pushing his name behind the scenes too. (I love our best American Governor BTW.) These things don’t just happen. I fully believe Joni has designs on DOD herself. She has been a Collin’s-Murkowski trainee for decades now. She is just more subtle than those two women.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 12/6/2024 12:13:37 PM (No. 1849502)
I had high hopes for Joni Ernst when she was first elected. Within a year she changed her hair color, divorced her husband, and caught a bad case of Potomac Fever from which she never recovered. I wouldn't trust Joni Ernst as far as I could throw her.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jar 12/6/2024 1:24:18 PM (No. 1849529)
BTW, # 6, that's not Joni's hair you commented on, it's a wig.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
tootall 12/6/2024 1:41:28 PM (No. 1849546)
Did she ever make a mistake! She has been outed, where previously she had not much exposure.
EVERYONE knows where she stands now. She will face enormous difficulty being re-elected ... no matter what she does on Hegseth.
I would say most people have had enough of 'Lady bug Miss Lindsay, Murkowski, Thune, and McConnell.
High alert! They can't be trusted and are most likely compromised one way or another!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
john56 12/6/2024 1:55:54 PM (No. 1849556)
Okay, then we'll put you down as a YES on Hegseth, right?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 12/6/2024 2:52:18 PM (No. 1849584)
Let's hope this is the truth. Ernst has been a repeated disappointment over the years, but not always on the wrong side, just often enough to be disappointing.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 12/6/2024 3:17:13 PM (No. 1849605)
We'll see how she votes.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jntsrgn 12/6/2024 3:21:35 PM (No. 1849612)
She is not a combat veteran. Please stop with that nonsense.
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...then get out of the way and let Trump have his nominees.
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Susan Collins is another self-serving grifter. She has never had a real job in her life.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
judy 12/6/2024 4:51:12 PM (No. 1849685)
Go away you are sooooo annoying….
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
danu 12/6/2024 4:53:06 PM (No. 1849686)
i did not have green-eyed envy.... with that man...mr hegseth....not one time.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
XCenturion 12/6/2024 4:55:43 PM (No. 1849692)
Hey Iowans. Get on the phone and call your RINO senator Ernst to support Pete Hegseths nomination as Defense Secretary. If Ernst can vote to confirm Merrick Garland as AG, she can certainly vote to conform Mr. Hegseth! Isn't it amazing how the democrats all stick together while republicans always ending up shooting themselves in the foot?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mifla 12/7/2024 6:57:07 AM (No. 1849938)
The Trump legacy - Republicans fighting back instead of curling up in the fetal position when attacked.
Joni, your state overwhelmingly went for Trump. Get with the program or get out.
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