Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Friday confirmed his assist for President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled protection secretary choose, Pete Hegseth, regardless of what he referred to as his “indiscretions.”
“Look, we’ve all had some indiscretions in our previous and issues like that — each human has. However good grief,” Roy mentioned in an interview with the right-wing “Charlie Kirk Present” on the Actual America’s Voice community.
“Pete Hegseth, you understand, he’s acquired the assist of so many individuals, and he represents any individual who would tackle the protection institution. And we’d like that, desperately want that.”
Roy’s remarks come as the previous Fox Information host faces mounting criticism amid allegations of extreme alcohol use and financial mismanagement that reportedly pressured him out of the management of two veteran advocacy nonprofits. He has additionally been accused of mistreating ladies, together with in an allegation of rape linked to an incident from 2017. Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing and mentioned that the 2017 encounter was consensual.
Trump — who has reportedly thought-about different potential protection secretary picks, corresponding to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), to exchange Hegseth — took to his Truth Social platform on Friday to declare that the previous Fox Information host is a “WINNER,” including that “there may be nothing that may be performed to alter that.”
The president-elect, in a clip from a “Meet the Press” interview that’s set to air Sunday, mentioned he stays “actually” assured in Hegseth.
“He’s a really good man. I’ve recognized him by Fox however I’ve recognized him for a very long time. And he’s principally a navy man. Each time I speak to him, all he needs to speak about is the navy,” Trump mentioned.
On Actual America’s Voice, Roy mentioned that Hegseth is “below hearth” within the Senate because of “squishy senators who’ve been in opposition to every part we need to do.”
“So I hope Pete holds the road right through,” Roy mentioned. “I’m defending him, and we must always all defend him.”
