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Trump and His Inner Circle Close Ranks
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 12/7/2024 1:34:48 AM

President-elect Donald Trump and his inner circle closed ranks around Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Friday, signaling they are behind him 100 percent despite a concerted smear campaign based on anonymous sources. Trump on Friday posted on Truth Social: “Pete Hegseth is doing very well. His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe. He was a great student – Princeton/Harvard educated – with a Military state of mind,” he said. “He will be a fantastic, high energy, Secretary of Defense Defense, one who leads with charisma

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Reply 1 - Posted by: mifla 12/7/2024 5:54:56 AM (No. 1849892)
Not only close ranks, but go after the RINOs. Attack!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 12/7/2024 6:51:49 AM (No. 1849928)
Let the blackmailed and bribed republicans show their hand, so we can easily identify them.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: jinx 12/7/2024 6:56:20 AM (No. 1849936)
Those are all of the reasons the Democrat/Socialists don't want him to win. He is smarter than they are and is a true patriot. Can't have that!!!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Strike3 12/7/2024 8:04:19 AM (No. 1849985)
Hegseth is the man for the job, that's why all of the flak and resistance is so thick. Once people get over the fact that a military man might have had a beer or two to wash out the desert sand from his throat, they will come on board or be pushed to the wayside.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Venturer 12/7/2024 8:25:49 AM (No. 1850003)
Put the pressure on the usual suspects. Collins ,McConnel ,Thune, Murcowski. Try to get a couple of the Democrats to leave the Borg.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: navybrat 12/7/2024 9:53:11 AM (No. 1850056)
I never believe unnamed sources. Another word for democrat operatives.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: philsner 12/7/2024 10:48:42 AM (No. 1850097)
Stop using defeatist rhetoric. Trump is simply supporting his pick. Offense! Not defense.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Fireboy 12/7/2024 11:24:21 AM (No. 1850135)
Considering that the VP hasn’t been seen sober in public in the past 30 days alcohol use does not disqualify Hegseth
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