Slotkin said she wasn't sure if he would be loyal to the Constitution or Trump.
Slotkin said she wasn't sure if he would be loyal to the Constitution or Trump.Sen. Elissa Slotkin speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2025.Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin explained why she voted against confirming Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense on ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday.
Hegseth, a former Fox News host, was sworn into the role Saturday following a hair-thin vote in the Senate. Slotkin told "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz she had not been confident Hegseth would be more loyal to the Constitution than he would be to President"He couldn't unambiguously say that he will push back if the president asked him to do something that wasn't constitutional, and that, to me, is why I couldn't confirm him," Slotkin said.
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