Sen. Smith: I Have Massive Concerns About Pete Hegseth and the Endless Stories About Him Assaulting Women and Being Publicly Drunk
‘My job as a senator as described in the Constitution, is to make a determination about whether these nominees are fit to do these jobs’
Dec 8, 2024 9:00 AM
By Grabien Staff
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EXCERPT: SMITH: "Thank you reverend sharpton. I’m so glad to be with you. My job as a senator as described in the Constitution is to make a determination about whether these nominees are fit to do these jobs. Whether they are going to uphold the law, whether they are going to follow the Constitution and whether they have the capability of serving in these roles and the Department of Defense job is hugely important so I have massive concerns about Pete Hegseth certainly all of these endless stream of stories about him being publicly drunk, unable to stand up and the allegations of him assaulting women are deeply concerning but at the end of the day, this will be up to my Republican colleagues. What do they do? Do they stand up for the Department of Defense? Do they stand up for the men and women who serve our country, who keep us all safe? Or do they follow the whims of this president-elect? There are a lot of women who have served our country in Minnesota who served in combat and I’m thinking about them and how they would feel to have the next secretary of defense having said publicly that he thinks women who have served so valiantly in combat don’t deserve to have that opportunity to serve."
