Donald Trump's controversial choice to run the Pentagon is backtracking on previous comments he made about women in combat and some senators are not buying his sudden about-face as he tries to salvage his nomination.
According to a report from Politico, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth is scrambling to disavow comments he made just a month ago, before the president-elect tapped him to be the next secretary of defense, where he bluntly stated, "I’m straight up just saying, we should not have women in combat roles.”
Already under a cloud of allegations of public drunkenness and an accusation of sexual assault, Hegseth is now reassuring lawmakers that he sees a role for women that he now characterizes as "some of our greatest warriors."
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According to Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), she is not buying his overnight conversion.
The senator who lost both her legs in combat while serving in the U.S. Army, scoffed, "Trump nominees lie all the time in order to get confirmed, don’t they? So, I don’t trust him.”
Sen Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is likely to rubberstamp all of Trump's Cabinet nominees, admitted Hegseth's change of heart might be a matter of convenience.
“I heard he was changing his tune a little bit on women in combat,” he stated before suggesting, “Sometimes you make comments that you don’t really want to stand by, sometimes, you know, when you’re not up for confirmation.”
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