Lauren Tomlinson: ‘Pete Hegseth Is Getting Confirmed Tonight’

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BLITZER: “What do you think? I know there are at least two Republicans, Senator Murkowski and Senator Collins, who are going to vote no. But you really need four, a simple vote is 53 Republicans, 47 Democrats. So you need four Republicans to vote no. What do you think?”
TOMLINSON: “I think Pete Hegseth is getting confirmed tonight. I think all indications are that while there have been discussions that allowed Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins to vote their conscience, I think the rest of the Republican Party is going to be pretty lockstep with getting President Trump‘s nominee confirmed.”
BLITZER: “Because there‘s some speculation that even Mitch McConnell will vote no. And maybe Thom Tillis.”
TOMLINSON: “I don‘t think that ends up happening. I would happily, you know, I may be wrong. But the speculation there mostly came from President Trump himself when he was saying, you know, what‘s Mitch going to do? What‘s Mitch going to do? I don‘t think that he‘ll end up voting for him. He could. He could still not. But I think that the whip count is going to be pretty clear that this is going to happen tonight.”