Hegseth Nomination Battle Shows Republicans An Easy Way To Stop Losing And Start Defeating The Swamp

Longtime Democrat activist and ABC News host George Stephanopoulos gave Republicans two wins this weekend. The first was settling with Donald Trump for $15 million, plus $1 million in lawyer’s fees, for lying about the president elect. Stephanopoulos had falsely characterized the result of one part of the Democrat Party’s lawfare strategy to bankrupt and imprison Trump and otherwise prevent his election.

The second gift to Republicans was the inadvertent showcasing on Stephanopoulos’ Sunday show of how the GOP can effectively maneuver against the media complex and weak Republicans who carry water for the permanent D.C. bureaucracy.

Stephanopoulos asked a panel of D.C. insiders if Pete Hegseth, who attended the Army-Navy football game this weekend with Trump, had “turned the tide” in his pursuit of confirmation as the secretary of defense. Hegseth, a decorated veteran and former Fox News host, had been the target of a media campaign to force him out as the nominee.