{"id":389955,"date":"2026-10-21T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-sen-thom-tillis-wishes-he-voted-against-confirming-pete-hegseth\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:00:08","slug":"why-sen-thom-tillis-wishes-he-voted-against-confirming-pete-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-sen-thom-tillis-wishes-he-voted-against-confirming-pete-hegseth\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sen. Thom Tillis wishes he voted against confirming Pete Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZLMINzlF514\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Sen. Thom Tillis wishes he voted against confirming Pete Hegseth\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZLMINzlF514\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Thom Tillis ultimately voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense during his Senate hearings but believes that tanking his nomination \u201cwould have been far less than the damage he\u2019s done over the last two years.\u201d This is part of an ongoing series where Jake Tapper joins politicians from both sides of the aisle in some of their favorite places to discuss how they got to where they are today. Stream the full report on the CNN app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. 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