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Politico reports:
House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers is under consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense secretary, according to three people familiar with the deliberations.
Rogers, a conservative Alabama Republican and among the most strident of defense hawks in the House, would be a dark horse in a field of potential Trump Pentagon picks.
Rogers has chaired Armed Services since Republicans took over the House in 2023. Rogers has also championed many conservative-favored issues — most notably rolling back Biden-era personnel policies on troops’ access to abortion, diversity in the ranks and Pentagon climate programs.
Read the full article. Per Politico, others on the shortlist for job are Mike Pompeo, Sen. Tom Cotton, and Rep. Mike Waltz. You may recall that Rogers nearly got his wig ripped off in a fight with Matt Gaetz during the first McCarthy speaker battle.
NEW: There’s a dark horse candidate to be Trump’s defense secretary: House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers. w/@paulmcleary https://t.co/GYQm9kh9D3
— Connor O’Brien (@connorobrienNH) November 8, 2024
As tensions boiled over on the House floor during the speaker votes, Republican Mike Rogers of Alabama started to charge toward Matt Gaetz before Richard Hudson physically pulled him back.
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— The Associated Press (@AP) January 7, 2023
“There’s gonna be hell toupee!” — Mike Rogers pic.twitter.com/GlGowlfT9W
— 😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 (@aintscarylarry) January 7, 2023