Rumors began circulating Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump was weighing his options and could replace the embattled former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his nominee to lead the Defense Department. Two names at the top of the list of replacements are Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). 

Moderates in the Senate favor Ernst, who holds an abysmal “D” liberty score from Conservative Review and has voted in favor of every bloated, inflationary budget proposed by either party during her tenure in Washington. She is the definition of a go-along-to-get-along cog in the bankrupt, inefficient wheel that is the U.S. federal government.