A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to lose traction with people willing to put money on who will lead the Pentagon.
Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth has surged in Polymarket’s “Who will be the next Defense Secretary” proposition, having apparently weathered a series of news cycles about past indiscretions.
A “Yes” share for Hegseth, a two-time Bronze Star recipient, is now priced at 68 cents as of Tuesday morning.
A “Yes” share for DeSantis, meanwhile, is priced at 14 cents.
DeSantis led in the betting market until Friday evening, with speculation swirling that he might replace Hegseth as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the job.
“It looks like Pete is doing well now,” Trump said during an interview with “Meet the Press.”
DeSantis, who is a former Navy JAG lawyer who served in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay, will be together with Trump next Saturday at the Army-Navy Football Game.
But at this writing, it appears they will simply be watching the clash of the service academy squads on the gridiron rather than planning out what’s to come in January.
DeSantis’ predecessor as Governor, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, continues to offer unstinting advocacy for Hegseth.
The latest example of that was Monday night on Newsmax.
“I think he’s a great nominee. I’m glad President Trump chose him, and he’s going to be confirmed,” the Naples Republican said on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”
Neither DeSantis nor his most vocal advocates in the Governor’s Office or his political operation have speculated on the process publicly.
That appears to have been prudent, given that unlike in the case of onetime Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz, the Hegseth nomination appears to have weathered the storm.
12 comments
MH/Duuuval
December 10, 2024 at 8:58 am
Suspense builds as the weekend matchup between Army and Navy gets closer. Will Dee be humiliated or will DJT weasel his way out?
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Chuck Anziulewicz
December 10, 2024 at 9:58 am
“I’ll quit drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is the most alcoholic thing anybody has ever said.
If ALL of the Republican senators buckle to Trump’s will and confirm Hegseth, it will confirms that the GOP has truly become Trump’s cult of personality. Steve Bannon is already threatening any Republican who dares to push back. Do any of them still have a spine? I guess we’ll soon find out.
MH/Duuuval
December 10, 2024 at 10:17 am
Clearly half of the US voting population loves a tyrant.
The other half doesn’t but, like Dee in his first term, we don’t matter unless there is some money to be made. (Viktor Orban is their template for subverting electoral government.)
Let’s see how Dee holds up at the Big Game this weekend. Will Dee implode, as some MAGAs did after Biden stepped aside, or will Trump allow him to leave the game with some fig leaf?
Florida is Red
December 10, 2024 at 10:03 am
Keeping DeSantis is a win for the people of Florida. He is an outstanding Governor who will have his run nationally later.
The Sage Earl Pitts American
December 10, 2024 at 6:27 pm
Good evening, Dook 4 Brains Leftys,
Hey Dooks, remember that dream you all had that your ‘Ole Gal, Scrumpy Rumpy Kammie was gonna beat Trump and be “YOUR” POTUS? Sure you Dooks do and you bet the farm on it.
Well guess what Dooks you were wrong.
Well now Dooks, its gonna be the same thing with Hegseth. Y’all may as well “Relax Your Sphincters” and admit that Y’all $uck.
For those of you “Former” Dook 4 Brains Leftists who followed my, The Sage Earl Pitts American’s, Sage words of Wisdom and voted for Trump, I, The Sage Earl Pitts American, thank you as you are the exact Beloved Citizens who put Trump in The White House.
Honestly, America, admit it:
Our Great Nation would be up to it’s kneck in Raw Sewage had not I, The Sage Earl Pitts American, stepped up my game and campaigned hard for Trump.
I, The Sage Earl Pitts American, am looking forward to getting My Very Own Sage Presidential Medal of Honor from my Besty Donald just like the one Rush Limbaugh got from Don.
That’s all I want in thanks for my Sage hard work.
Thank you America,
The Sage Earl Pitts American
RICK WHITTAKER
December 10, 2024 at 6:36 pm
This guy Earl is a true National hero its funny but I think I know this Earl fellow from somewhere.
MH/Duuuval
December 11, 2024 at 8:50 am
Gomer Pyle after brain-replacement surgery?
Linwood Wright
December 10, 2024 at 10:59 pm
Ron DeSantis was an Assistant Urinalysis Coordinator in the Navy.
Not sure how that experience makes one qualified for Secretary of Defense.
MH/Duuuval
December 11, 2024 at 8:54 am
Dee is now a mini-millionaire, which is the basic test to be an exec in the Trump government.
Dee has been in training for the DoD job, creating and deploying the state guard and initiating overseas rescues of Floridians in peril.
Jinbeau hidson
December 12, 2024 at 5:02 pm
I don’t choose anyone less then ear size 3 and a half
MH/Duuuval
December 13, 2024 at 9:26 am
A sleepless night ahead tonight for Dee: What to do?
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