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☆ Hegseth is still standing, but hasn’t yet saved his Pentagon bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

And Hegseth threw himself into his task, meeting Republican senators, offering to quit alcohol if he’s confirmed, and mounting fiery rearguards on the Megyn Kelly radio show and in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Hegseth told Kelly on Sirius XM that he spoke to Trump Wednesday morning and that the president-elect had told him, “’Hey Pete, I got your back. But Sen. Markwayne Mullin said he’d spoken to both Trump and Hegseth and that the president-elect was still committed to his pick. A number of Republican senators have told reporters they hold Ernst in high regard. I don’t - no one’s ever approached me and said, ‘Oh, you should really look at getting help,’” Hegseth told Kelly.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., will face at least one primary challenger in 2026, with Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming announcing Wednesday that he will run for the seat held by the two-term senator, citing Cassidy’s vote to convict Donald Trump after his 2021 impeachment trial. Louisiana citizens did not give up on this fight.”Cassidy campaign spokesman Joe Ramallo statement to NBC News: “I thought he wanted to be State Treasurer? He publicly said he wanted a job in the Trump administration, and apparently they didn’t want him. While Collins represents a state Vice President Kamala Harris carried in last month's elections, Cassidy is up for re-election in ruby-red Louisiana, which backed Trump by 22 points. Fleming, who overlapped with Cassidy when both men served in the House, touted his work as a senior advisor to Trump during the president-elect's first administration.

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