We always knew that it would be tight, but the Senator of North Carolina, Thom Tillis (R), has presented the confirmation of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense by President Donald Trump in further doubts on Thursday evening that he did not Company was.
The vote is assigned to Eastern for Friday evening at 8:57 p.m. after the 30 hours after the cloture.
Senate is still pursuing a vote on the nomination of Pete Hegseth as Minister of Defense at 8:57 p.m. ET as soon as the 30 -hour window has expired after the Senate broke a filibuster yesterday
– Chad -Pergram (@Chadpergram) January 24, 2025
Hegseth was elected from the Senate Committee on Monday (14-13). He released 51-49 Cloture on Thursday afternoon, with the regular republican defectors Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-me) no. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), who was also doubtful at the Hegseth confirmation, gave at least one thumb according to Cloture.
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But now there is a question whether Tillis will also be canceled. And Hegseth can only afford to lose three Republican voices. Our sister town, townhall, has The latest.
Cloture was called on a 51-49. It is slim, but the nomination was never in danger of force Vice President JD Vance to fulfill his constitutional duty and break a tie in the Senate. Hegseth could only afford three defects. The suicide sisters in Collins and Murkowski could have a fresh member: Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) (via) Wsj):
Even President Trump is not sure whether Pete Hegseth, his unconventional choice of leading the Pentagon, can be an extremely narrow confirmation of confirmation on Friday evening in the GOP-controlled Senate.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” said Trump when he left the White House on Friday morning to travel to North Carolina and California. “You never know with these things. But Pete is a very, very good man. I hope he does it. I hope he does it. ”
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Apart from Collins and Murkowski, who are in the record as a “no”, and McConnell, whose position is unknown, almost all other Republican senators announced to choose yes on Friday. One exception is Senator Thom Tillis (R., NC), who said on Thursday evening that he still made “care” about the recent allegations against Hegseth, who appeared in a sworn explanation by Hegseth’s former sister -in -law, law, which has appeared at the beginning of this week. Danielle Hegseth.
Tillis, who is standing for re -election next year, has long been a suspected yes on Hegseth, but after the emergence of Danielle Hegseth’s explanation, he said that he was open to new information “until the final vote”.
The Senate Republicans are now concerned about Tillis, a person who is familiar with the matter, said Friday afternoon. The Trump team is also worried about Tillis because it could possibly be the fourth “no” if Collins, Murkowski and McConnell are all right, said another person.
Friday afternoon asked whether he was sure that Tillis would vote with “yes”, the Republican Republican of the Senate Whip John Barrasso (R., Wyo.) “We continue to work on the process,” said Barrasso, whose task is to count voices in the Senate GOP.
Townhall tried several times to contact Sen. Tillis’s office several times and could not speak to anyone.
At the present time, Tillis did not state how he wanted to vote, although he had previously sworn to vote for the confirmation whether Hegseth had made it into the Senate.
There are some reports that say that Thom Tillis is not determined on Hegseth, but remembered that he would vote for him in December if he made it into the Senate floor. https://t.co/5NTQ2QW1
– Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) January 24, 2025
Now we are waiting to see whether Tillis, who is in 2026 and whose state just received a visit from Trump earlier a day, sabotaged the nomination. Let’s hope that the final answer is no.
