CNN’s Scott Jennings Says Pete Hegseth Kicked ‘Unhinged’ Democrats’ ‘Asses’: ‘Tim Kaine Sounded Like a Sex Pervert’

CNN’s Scott Jennings argued that Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth kicked Democrats’ asses during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, calling him “cool in the face of unhinged questioning.”

After being asked for his takeaway from the hearing by anchor Dana Bash, Jennings held nothing back.

“Well, in short, I think Pete Hegseth kicked their asses today. I mean, it wasn’t even close. They didn’t lay a glove on Hegseth. No mistakes. Calm, cool, collected,” he began. “I mean, before the thing even started, you had this like, Code Pink, you know, protest or freak show, trying to disrupt the hearing. That’s the Democratic base, by the way, which probably explains why the Democrats on the committee acted in such a bizarre and unprofessional way.”

He continued:

I was appalled at some of the way these senators handled themselves and some of the lines of questioning. I mean, Tim Kaine sounded like a sex pervert in his questioning of Pete Hegseth. [Richard] Blumenthal, who lied about his service in Vietnam, questioning Hegseth’s qualifications. You had [Kirsten] Gillibrand, you had [Elizabeth] Warren, you had [Mazie] Hirono going on unhinged rants about things. Angus King obviously doesn’t understand what it’s like to fight terrorism, on and on and on. Hegseth was cool in the face of this unhinged questioning. They made him look good today. It would be difficult for a Republican to vote against Hegseth after the Democrats’ unseemly mudslinging today.

In one notable episode from the hearing, Senator Kaine (D-VA) interrogated the nominee over his infidelities.

“Can you so casually cheat on a second wife and cheat on the mother of a child who had been born two months before? And you tell us you are completely cleared. So how is that completely cleared?” asked Kaine while grilling Hegseth about a sexual assault allegation against him.

Watch above via CNN.

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