“No, sir,” Caine responded.

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Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s nominee to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives for his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on April 1, in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, denied on Tuesday that he had ever worn a Make America Great Again hat, despite comments by the president saying otherwise.

“Now, let me just start out by asking about some hyperbole that country email list may have been out there in the press. Gen. Caine, did you wear a MAGA hat in front of the president?” Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, asked Caine on Tuesday at his confirmation hearing before the committee.


“Did you wear a MAGA hat at any time?” Wicker asked.

“No, sir,” Caine responded again. Caine added that he has “never worn any political merchandise.”

The president has previously claimed that Caine said he “loved” Trump and would “kill for you” while he was wearing a MAGA hat.