Rep. Comer to Newsmax: Dems Will ‘Show Off,’ Delay Confirmations

Senate Democrats will “do what they always do” while pushing back against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said on Newsmax Tuesday.

“They’re going to show off,” the Kentucky Republican and author of the new book “All the President’s Money,” told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “They’re going to try to appease their liberal base. They’re going to try to do whatever they can to get on MSNBC or CNN. But at the end of the day, I think the Republicans are going to stick together.”

Hegseth, he added, will do a “good job.”

Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.