GOP Senator Dismisses Pete Hegseth Concerns: That's Not A 'Drinking Problem'
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"That wasn’t him saying he had an alcohol problem, that was him being honest," said Markwayne Mullin of Trump's defense secretary pick.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) brushed aside concerns surrounding Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick, amid reports about the former Fox News host’s excessive alcohol use.
“Jake, that wasn’t him saying he had an alcohol problem, that was him being honest,” Mullin told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview on Sunday.
Mullin reacted to a 2021 clip of Hegseth opening up to “The Will Cain Show” about his struggles with alcohol after returning from military deployment in Iraq.
“I look around at 10 o’clock, I’d be like, what am I going to do today? How about I drink some beers?... And one beers leads to many, leads to self-medication, leads to, ‘I’ve earned this. Like, what are you — don’t tell me I can’t,’” said Hegseth, a former Army National Guard officer.
Tapper, who earlier in his show aired a recent clip of Hegseth claiming he’s never had a “drinking problem,” said the defense secretary pick is describing just that in the 2021 clip.
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