MO Senator Puts Up Pathetic Defense Of Pete Hegseth

On Meet the Press, Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt threw up a plethora of juvenile defenses to defend Trump's Secretary of Defense nominee after rape allegations surfaced after a police report was released.

Host Kristen Welker read some of the police report before asking the Senator his thoughts and prayers about Hegseth's nomination. She reminded him of the sexual assault problems within the military.

Missouri senator admitted he did not read the police report but somehow finds himself competent to defend Pete Hegseth.

WELKER: But Senator, you have a long history of fighting for sexual assault victims as Missouri's attorney general. Does this incident raise concerns about his confirmation for you?

SCHMITT: Well, I think that's why we have the confirmation process. Senators certainly are going to ask questions about it. They should. And he has a right to answer.

What he said so far is that he did no wrong. They're baseless.

And it's important to note the prosecutor didn't bring any charges.

It'd be interesting to see if there's any other memorandum from that prosecutor that would go along with that prosecutor's decision not to charge Pete Hegseth.

But I think ultimately, this is a decision that President Trump made to bring in another disruptor. And I think if you look at this election, it was disruptor versus establishment. He ran on this.

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