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MICHIGAN, Nov. 19, 2024 ~ Michigan‘s Senator-elect Elissa Slotkin is concerned about some of President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominees for his cabinet, particularly with Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth, a former army major and current Fox News commentator, has many raising eyebrows and alarm over his nomination due to his past anti-Islam statements, saying that women should not serve in the military, being accused of sexual assault, and convincing Trump to pardon convicted U.S. war criminals. He also has tattoos of a Jerusalem cross and of the “Deus Vult” phrase (meaning “god wills it,”) both associated with the far right.
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Nov. 18, 2024 ~ Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (MI-7) checks in with Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds following her victory over Mike Rogers for the open U.S. Senate seat, and talks about some of President-elect Donald Trump‘s cabinet nominations, and the possibility of recess appointments by the Senate.
(CONTINUED) Slotkin, a Democrat who formerly served in the Pentagon and CIA, told WJR that she is worried about what Hegeth’s nomination will mean for women in the military and questioned his qualifications.
“These folks are making important decisions in the middle of the night about how to protect us and keep us safe from attack here, so that vetting process has to go on,” Slotkin said. “But obviously, I am concerned. I did not know Pete Hegseth as a national security leader before he was nominated.“
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