Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. To Capitol insiders, their decisions weren’t surprising.

Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two Republican senators indicated a hard pass on the poorly qualified bad boy from Fox News.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), one of two Republicans to vote against advancing Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of Defense, said Thursday Hegseth “does not have the management experience and background” needed to do the job.

Pete Hegseth is denying the allegations against him as the Senate plans to vote on his confirmation for Defense Secretary. Former senior GOP congressional advisor Rina Shah and Democratic strategist Richard Goodstein join Ana Cabrera to share their outlook for tonight.

President Donald Trump said he was “surprised” that Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) voted to oppose Pete Hegseth’s defense secretary nomination.

President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he was "surprised" Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins — both moderates and sometime critics of Trump — planned to vote against former Fox News host Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Defense Department.