Looks like the Hegseth nomination is doomed despite the 100 Navy Seals coming to Washington "to ensure he's confirmed."

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5025...on-doomed/

GOP senators say President-elect Trump is letting Hegseth twist in the wind and even appeared to undermine his nomination by floating Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® as a possible replacement nominee to head the Pentagon.

Republican senators say Trump isn’t making calls to GOP senators to save Hegseth’s floundering nomination and instead is throwing more ballast onto a sinking ship by floating DeSantis as a replacement.

DeSantis, a Navy judge advocate general who is a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve, would easily win confirmation, the GOP source said.

“Where is all of this stuff about DeSantis coming from? That’s all coming out of Mar-a-Lago,” the first GOP senator who spoke to The Hill said.

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