{"id":2394266,"date":"2025-01-23T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-moody-backs-pete-hegseths-secdef-confirmation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T11:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:22:40","slug":"gop-sen-moody-backs-pete-hegseths-secdef-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-moody-backs-pete-hegseths-secdef-confirmation\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Sen. Moody Backs Pete Hegseth&#8217;s SecDef Confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-sen-moody-backs-pete-hegseths-secdef-confirmation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Newly appointed senator Ashley Moody from Florida has publicly \u2063expressed her support for Pete hegseth&#8217;s nomination as teh \u200dnext\u200d Secretary\u2062 of Defense,\u200b as reported by The Federalist. Moody, who\u2064 was sworn into the Senate after being appointed\u200d by\u200c Governor \u200cRon \u200cDeSantis, \u200creplaces Marco Rubio, who resigned to join the\u200c Trump administration as Secretary \u200cof\u200b State.Hegseth&#8217;s nomination has moved forward following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joe-manchin-threatens-to-derail-bidens-1-9-trillion-aid-bill-unless-it-receives-bipartisan-support\/\" title=\"Sen. Joe Manchin Threatens To Derail Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Aid Bill Unless It Receives \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Support\">party-line vote<\/a> in \u2063the Senate Armed Services\u200d Committee and is expected to\u2063 be voted on by the full Senate soon.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights \u2062the urgency felt by some Republican senators, like jon Husted of Ohio, to confirm Trump&#8217;s cabinet \u2064to ensure the government&#8217;s functionality. Moody&#8217;s\u2064 backing of Hegseth \u200dcomes despite \u2063a recent smear campaign against him from various media outlets, which included unsubstantiated allegations from his former sister-in-law regarding his\u2062 conduct,\u200d assertions that have been denied by hegseth&#8217;s ex-wife. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">situation remains closely \u2064watched<\/a> as the senate prepares for its upcoming vote.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AadaP7jYX10\">Florida Attorney General&#8217;s Office\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/23\/new-gop-sen-ashley-moody-throws-support-behind-pete-hegseths-pentagon-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=New%20GOP%20Sen.%20Ashley%20Moody%20Throws%20Support%20Behind%20Pete%20Hegseth%E2%80%99s%20Pentagon%20Nomination&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/23\/new-gop-sen-ashley-moody-throws-support-behind-pete-hegseths-pentagon-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=New%20GOP%20Sen.%20Ashley%20Moody%20Throws%20Support%20Behind%20Pete%20Hegseth%E2%80%99s%20Pentagon%20Nomination&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/23\/new-gop-sen-ashley-moody-throws-support-behind-pete-hegseths-pentagon-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/23\/new-gop-sen-ashley-moody-throws-support-behind-pete-hegseths-pentagon-nomination\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=New%20GOP%20Sen.%20Ashley%20Moody%20Throws%20Support%20Behind%20Pete%20Hegseth%E2%80%99s%20Pentagon%20Nomination&amp;body=The%20full%20Senate%20could%20vote%20on%20Hegseth's%20nomination%20as%20early%20as%20Friday.%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/23\/new-gop-sen-ashley-moody-throws-support-behind-pete-hegseths-pentagon-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Newly sworn-in Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense, The Federalist has learned.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senator Moody will be supporting Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s nomination,&rdquo; a Moody spokeswoman told The Federalist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1083051683\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Moody was sworn into the Senate on Tuesday after being appointed to the position by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The former Florida attorney general assumed the seat following the departure of Sen. Marco Rubio, who resigned his post to serve as secretary of state under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/20\/politics\/rubio-secretary-state-senate-confirmed-dg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unanimously voted<\/a> to confirm Rubio as head of the State Department on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth&rsquo;s nomination to lead the Pentagon was advanced in a party-line vote by the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday and now awaits final approval from the full Senate. According to Fox News&rsquo; Chad Pergram, the upper chamber <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1882174540111102006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">could potentially vote<\/a> on the Army veteran&rsquo;s confirmation &ldquo;late Friday night or in the wee hours of Saturday morning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth also appeared to receive the backing of Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, who was sworn in Tuesday to fill the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominates-federal-prosecutor-with-massive-conflict-of-interest-over-biden-family-corruption\/\" title=\"Biden Nominates Federal Prosecutor With Massive Conflict Of Interest Over Biden Family Corruption\">vacancy left open<\/a> by now-Vice President J.D. Vance. During a Wednesday interview on Newsmax, the Buckeye State&rsquo;s junior senator <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ohiogop\/status\/1882192486808080691\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emphasized<\/a> the need for the Senate to get President Donald Trump&rsquo;s cabinet in place.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to give President Trump his team. If we want America be to be functional, we need to have a government,&rdquo; Husted said. &ldquo;That means cabinet secretaries, and it&rsquo;s time to get them confirmed and move on and get this agenda implemented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Moody and Husted&rsquo;s support is welcome news for Hegseth, who has found himself the target of a vicious smear campaign by corporate media hacktivists seeking to derail his nomination.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, NBC News and other left-wing propaganda outlets ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/21\/nbcs-latest-hit-piece-against-pete-hegseth-is-even-dumber-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hatchet job<\/a> that included unsubstantiated allegations from Hegseth&rsquo;s former sister-in-law that the Army veteran engaged in threatening conduct that left his second ex-wife fearful for her &ldquo;safety.&rdquo; It is only after readers get to the ninth paragraph of the NBC report that they are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/22\/medias-regurgitation-of-baseless-hegseth-allegations-prove-they-learned-nothing-post-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informed<\/a> that Hegseth&rsquo;s ex-wife denies the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do not believe your information to be accurate, and I have cc&rsquo;d my lawyer,&rdquo; Samantha Hegseth told NBC. &ldquo;There was no physical abuse in my marriage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report also noted paragraphs later that &ldquo;[b]oth Pete Hegseth and Samantha Hegseth signed a 2021 court document that said neither parent claimed to be a victim of domestic abuse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Several GOP senators have vocally defended Hegseth against the onslaught of dishonest left-wing attacks. <\/p>\n<p>In a Tuesday tweet, Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimSheehyMT\/status\/1881806409610010978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blasted<\/a> the media&rsquo;s latest hit piece as a &ldquo;desperate, last-minute attempt &hellip; to smear Pete Hegseth and tank his nomination.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pete&rsquo;s ex-wife is on record saying the claims are false, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-ignore-real-issues-because-they-dont-want-trump-to-win\/\" title=\"Media Ignore Real Issues Because They Don&#039;t Want Trump To Win\">media doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t care because it hurts a Republican. Nobody should fall for this,&rdquo; Sheehy wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jim_Banks\/status\/1881838911724662917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similar statement<\/a> on X, saying that the press&rsquo;s latest smear campaign is another example of &ldquo;why nobody trusts the mainstream media.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pete can&rsquo;t be confirmed soon enough!&rdquo; Banks wrote. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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