Senate Armed Services Committee chairman [and pro-Ukraine] Roger Wicker, who backed Hegseth when allegations that he liked to drink on the job surfaced, wasn’t so forgiving when the defense secretary said Ukraine would never look the same again and that the country can forget its hopes of NATO membership.

… “Hegseth is going to be a great defense secretary, although he wasn’t my choice for the job,” the Mississippi Republican told Politico. “But he made a rookie mistake in Brussels and he’s walked back some of what he said but not that line.”

“I don’t know who wrote the speech—it is the kind of thing Tucker Carlson could have written, and Carlson is a fool,” Wicker said, referring to the former Fox broadcaster, who has traveled to Moscow to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.

… Wicker, sharing a more traditional Republican stance, called Putin a “war criminal who needs to be in prison for the rest of his life.”

Contradicting Trump once more, Wicker rubbished the idea of Russia returning to the G7 fold. “There are good guys and bad guys in this war, and the Russians are the bad guys,” Wicker said. “They invaded, contrary to almost every international law, and they should be defeated. And Ukraine is entitled to the promises that the world made to it.”

… Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance issued a stark warning to Russia, threatening the potential deployment of U.S. troops to Ukraine—a move that directly undercut Hegseth.

timg wrote:
Are any of them PUBLICLY regretting their decisions to confirm these idiots?

the quote above is the closest I've seen ...