Gaetz Falls.

I breath a sigh of relief that Gaetz is gone.

Hegseth could be next. The Secretary of Defense leads the world’s most potent military and has access to the nuclear code. We don’t want someone prone to excessive drinking or acts, sexual or otherwise, that might compromise him or her in a dangerous way, that might make him or her vulnerable to outside influence - essentially blackmail. The very same concerns led to the last time the Senate voted down a new President’s nominee. It was Defense nominee John Tower, a far more objectively qualified nominee to begin with. But he was not confirmed.

I describe all this in more detail in the video above.

Matt