Jennifer Rubin: ‘Shameful’ for Joni Ernst to ‘Bend the Knee’ and Support Hegseth

RUSH EXCERPT:

RUBIN: "He didn’t say that he supported women in combat. He only said he supported women in the military. So he really hasn’t entirely walked back his comment. And it is frankly shameful as well as unsurprising that Joni Ernst, who was a military veteran, who has been a victim of sexual assault, would bend the knee and accept such an unfit, unqualified character. Not only is he a conspiratorial nut, not only has he said bizarre and inappropriate things about women in the military, gays in the military, he is utterly unqualified for this. He has no strategic, no diplomatic background. He has never run an organization of this size. There are serious allegations about alcoholism, about infidelity, both of which would be disqualifying for an officer in the military. It is an absurd pick. And it is emblematic of the depths to which the Republican Party has fallen that no one, not even Joni Ernst has the nerve to oppose such an outrageous pick.”