The Insurrectionists and traitors? How pitiful
Pete Hegseth hearing
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If I were a republican I'd be bitching that there was no excuse for picking somebody with this relative lack of experience/qualifications. With the personal baggage to boot.
Lots of fish in the sea... and we choose this guy? Why? I don't get it.
You get that they are both achieved by votes, right? Why would a Senator deem "experience" to be a determining factor when voting for a cabinet position... but not when voting for the POTUS? Is this another one of those simple things, you're too stupid to grasp?
And then I'd realize it was because Trump picked him because he liked the way he looked on Fox.
And then I'd question why I'm a republican.
LOL. Should I bold the part of #47 so your stupid ass can read it better? Better yet...here you go.
The only way Drunk Pete looks remotely qualified is if he's compared to Matty Gaetz.
As predicted, he's likely gone within two years.
As predicted, he's likely gone within two years.
My only guess would be Trump knew he would get shot down and felt they'd have to take his next pick which I assume would be equally bad or worse.
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Yes, you always POSTSCRIPT your idiotic takes with a bullshit "both sidesism" cover.
Congrats?
Honestly, I look at Trump’s pick for DoD similarly to the way I saw Kirk Ferentz selecting Brian to be his OC. A questionable choice, fraught with intrigue and likely to blow up in his face. Why choose this guy?
You mean I correctly predicted you'd fall back on ol' reliable "But Trump!" but you were to busy shouting at your screen to notice?
Because Trump is a goddamned insane person. It's really that simple.
You should not even get a hearing unless you can pass a competency test. I'd say that for any job, private or government.
Hegseth is not cabinet level talent.
Given that Biden was the worst President ever and had a terrible cabinet, I wouldn't be so fast to criticize Trump's nominees.
I don't know what some of you people were watching. I watched the whole thing and all I saw were a bunch of screechy hysterical women screaming at Hegseth over lies from anonymous sources, and his stance on standards for American warriors not being lowered for DEI. I also saw effeminate Tim Keane babble on showing his hypocrisy at every step. I get it now, you leftists loved the irrational Dems screeching because it reminded you of the last two female Presidential candidates you supported. All emotion and no logic, or coherence.
Senate Democrats on Monday said that an F.B.I. background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, omitted key details on major allegations against him, in part because it did not include interviews with critical witnesses.
One missed opportunity came when the bureau did not interview one of Mr. Hegseth’s ex-wives before its findings were presented to senators last week, according to people familiar with the bureau’s investigation.
The clamor comes on the eve of Mr. Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, and just days after officials from Mr. Trump's transition team briefed Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the panel’s top Republican, and Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, its top Democrat, on the F.B.I.’s background check.
“There are significant gaps and inadequacies in the report, including the failure to interview some of the key potential witnesses with personal knowledge of improprieties or abuse,” Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut and a member of the committee, said in an interview.
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As a rank-and-file member of the panel, Mr. Blumenthal was not given a briefing on the report or provided with a copy of it, but was informed of its contents by someone who was given access to it.
“Quite a few of the women with significant allegations against him have not been interviewed by the F.B.I. investigators,” Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois and another member of the panel, said on MSNBC on Monday evening, adding that some of those women feared for their safety and that of their children.
Mr. Hegseth was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Monterey, Calif., in 2017, in an encounter he has insisted was consensual. No charges were brought. Mr. Hegseth later paid the woman an undisclosed amount of money as part of a confidential settlement agreement.
“My understanding is that some of them would like to be contacted by the F.B.I. investigative team, or the vetters, and they have not been talked to,” Ms. Duckworth added in the MSNBC interview.
A spokeswoman for the F.B.I. declined to comment.
Mr. Trump's transition team commissioned the F.B.I. background check on Mr. Hegseth last month after initially floating the idea of hiring private contractors to look into the president-elect’s cabinet picks. As the client, presidential transition teams are traditionally able to set the parameters for background checks into cabinet picks, and potentially dictate which witnesses are interviewed and what questions are asked. The transition team’s directions to the F.B.I. for its investigation of Mr. Hegseth are unknown.
According to people familiar with the F.B.I.’s background check, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive document, investigators reached out to Samantha Hegseth, Mr. Hegseth’s second ex-wife. The couple were married in 2010 and divorced in 2018.
F.B.I. investigators had an initial, perfunctory conversation with her on Jan. 8, according to the people familiar with or apprised of the report. Ms. Hegseth then made multiple attempts to contact the bureau for a more substantive discussion — but her calls were not returned last week, said those with knowledge of the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
The panel was informed on Jan. 9 that the investigation into Mr. Hegseth had been completed. Mr. Wicker and Mr. Reed were briefed on Jan. 10. Rank-and-file Democrats have been demanding to review the full F.B.I. document, but have not been allowed to do so.
Asked why the F.B.I. did not interview Ms. Hegseth last week, Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump transition team, referred a reporter to the bureau.
The Hegseths, who share custody of three children, had a contentious divorce. She worked for Mr. Hegseth at a small nonprofit he led while he was married to his first wife, who filed for divorce, citing adultery.
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In 2017, seven years after Pete and Samantha Hegseth were married, Mr. Hegseth, then an anchor on the TV program “Fox & Friends,” had a child with his producer. Ms. Hegseth filed for divorce the next month.
In 2018, before their divorce was finalized, Mr. Hegseth’s mother, Penelope Hegseth, sent her son an email condemning what she described as his abusive treatment toward women. She has since recanted her criticism of her son and defended him as a changed man who deserves to be confirmed as defense secretary.
The panel has scheduled a vote on Mr. Hegseth’s confirmation for Jan. 20, the date of Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
A committee spokesman for Mr. Wicker did not return requests for comment late Monday, and a committee spokesman for Mr. Reed declined to comment.
One missed opportunity came when the bureau did not interview one of Mr. Hegseth’s ex-wives before its findings were presented to senators last week, according to people familiar with the bureau’s investigation.
The clamor comes on the eve of Mr. Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, and just days after officials from Mr. Trump's transition team briefed Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the panel’s top Republican, and Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, its top Democrat, on the F.B.I.’s background check.
“There are significant gaps and inadequacies in the report, including the failure to interview some of the key potential witnesses with personal knowledge of improprieties or abuse,” Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut and a member of the committee, said in an interview.
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As a rank-and-file member of the panel, Mr. Blumenthal was not given a briefing on the report or provided with a copy of it, but was informed of its contents by someone who was given access to it.
“Quite a few of the women with significant allegations against him have not been interviewed by the F.B.I. investigators,” Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois and another member of the panel, said on MSNBC on Monday evening, adding that some of those women feared for their safety and that of their children.
Mr. Hegseth was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Monterey, Calif., in 2017, in an encounter he has insisted was consensual. No charges were brought. Mr. Hegseth later paid the woman an undisclosed amount of money as part of a confidential settlement agreement.
“My understanding is that some of them would like to be contacted by the F.B.I. investigative team, or the vetters, and they have not been talked to,” Ms. Duckworth added in the MSNBC interview.
A spokeswoman for the F.B.I. declined to comment.
Mr. Trump's transition team commissioned the F.B.I. background check on Mr. Hegseth last month after initially floating the idea of hiring private contractors to look into the president-elect’s cabinet picks. As the client, presidential transition teams are traditionally able to set the parameters for background checks into cabinet picks, and potentially dictate which witnesses are interviewed and what questions are asked. The transition team’s directions to the F.B.I. for its investigation of Mr. Hegseth are unknown.
According to people familiar with the F.B.I.’s background check, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive document, investigators reached out to Samantha Hegseth, Mr. Hegseth’s second ex-wife. The couple were married in 2010 and divorced in 2018.
F.B.I. investigators had an initial, perfunctory conversation with her on Jan. 8, according to the people familiar with or apprised of the report. Ms. Hegseth then made multiple attempts to contact the bureau for a more substantive discussion — but her calls were not returned last week, said those with knowledge of the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
The panel was informed on Jan. 9 that the investigation into Mr. Hegseth had been completed. Mr. Wicker and Mr. Reed were briefed on Jan. 10. Rank-and-file Democrats have been demanding to review the full F.B.I. document, but have not been allowed to do so.
Asked why the F.B.I. did not interview Ms. Hegseth last week, Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump transition team, referred a reporter to the bureau.
The Hegseths, who share custody of three children, had a contentious divorce. She worked for Mr. Hegseth at a small nonprofit he led while he was married to his first wife, who filed for divorce, citing adultery.
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In 2017, seven years after Pete and Samantha Hegseth were married, Mr. Hegseth, then an anchor on the TV program “Fox & Friends,” had a child with his producer. Ms. Hegseth filed for divorce the next month.
In 2018, before their divorce was finalized, Mr. Hegseth’s mother, Penelope Hegseth, sent her son an email condemning what she described as his abusive treatment toward women. She has since recanted her criticism of her son and defended him as a changed man who deserves to be confirmed as defense secretary.
The panel has scheduled a vote on Mr. Hegseth’s confirmation for Jan. 20, the date of Mr. Trump’s inauguration.
A committee spokesman for Mr. Wicker did not return requests for comment late Monday, and a committee spokesman for Mr. Reed declined to comment.
I love how the senator made the point about how it can't be both ways.. you can't say you've made mistakes and you're changed man but also say everything's false smear attacks.
Which every father should get.
Typical liberal jibberish....I doubt she knows who the members of HROT are....only inside idiots of this space would know that absurd abbreviation....
Correct, that's the joke. Fox/the Right went wild because he took some time with his twins.
Which is probably why he's been nominated.
Trump wants people that won't question him.
The departure of the qualified people in his first administration led to all these numpties we have now.
Party over country.
Republicans = Trash
Looks like we all have some stuff to think about.
If he were not camera friendly both fox and trump would pay no mind. They are simpletons pandering to the stupid.
For a guy who says he hires the best he sure likes them unqualified so the can claim it was someone else's fault. Why magats continue to fall for lucy pulling the football is beyond me because even the biggest idiots move when someone keeps hitting them with a hammer on the head.
As if Senate Republicans are capable of feeling shame outside of their sexual perversions.
He took almost 10 Weeks during a major crisis
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Pete Buttigieg defends being on paternity leave amid supply-chain crisis
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday defended being AWOL on paternity leave amid the US’s crippling supply-chain crisis.
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I spent 28 years in the military, Pete is exactly what we need. He will be confirmed. He conducted himself with grace and coolness in the face of unprofessional leftist hate. He is the man for the job.
As for Buttigieg, he has been blasted by critics for being missing in action for two months while on leave after the birth of twins Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg in August with hubby Chasten Buttigieg.
First off, I don't think he was a good choice. Time will tell I guess.
But, damn...the hypocrisy is rampant on this.
1) As a businessman, I've had to hire people because they fit in a category, not because they had any experience and I was forced to pass on someone who did have experience. So don't give me BS about having experience being a factor for hiring someone.
2) Hunter had crack problem (and supposedly is cleaned up now) and I listened to so many of you defend him at length. Pete had a drinking problem (and now is cleaned up) and now you use it against him.
3) Hunter had all kinds of affairs. Clinton had all kinds of affairs. Biden had affairs with Jill on his first wife. Y'all defended the hell out of this behavior. How can you cast stones at Pete for the exact same thing?
Let's attack him for if he fits the job or not.
But, damn...the hypocrisy is rampant on this.
1) As a businessman, I've had to hire people because they fit in a category, not because they had any experience and I was forced to pass on someone who did have experience. So don't give me BS about having experience being a factor for hiring someone.
2) Hunter had crack problem (and supposedly is cleaned up now) and I listened to so many of you defend him at length. Pete had a drinking problem (and now is cleaned up) and now you use it against him.
3) Hunter had all kinds of affairs. Clinton had all kinds of affairs. Biden had affairs with Jill on his first wife. Y'all defended the hell out of this behavior. How can you cast stones at Pete for the exact same thing?
Let's attack him for if he fits the job or not.
I believe there's things called phones and internet which allow people to work from home. Also vehicles which allow you to occasionally go into the office even though you're technically on leave. I don't know maybe I'm crazy.
'An' idiot.
I mean, if you're going to call someone out for being an idiot try not to type like one. 🤷♂️
Changing the subject here just a bit, but this interview was on immediately following the hearing. Holy crap this Jaslow lady was bordering on having a stroke. Hope it was just a case of her forgetting to take her meds this morning.
Hegseth ‘seemingly thinks war crimes are okay’: Iraq veteran slams Def. Secy. nominee
Iraq War veteran and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Allison Jaslow joins Chris Jansing with her reaction to the Senate confirmation hearing of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth and his views on war crimes and women in combat roles.
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Pete has found Jesus and liquor (and womanizing) isn’t a problem for him anymore? That’s amazing.
Truly a turnaround story that should be proclaimed at every tent revival
Is there any doubt why Trump chose this guy? Like 'Ole Donald himself, Hegseth is an accomplished womanizer. While married to his second wife he knocks up his girlfriend and shortly after has a "consenual" shack job with yet another woman whom he winds up paying money to in a non-disclosure agreement. Ole' Pete was cheating on his second wife and girlfriend at the same time! You have to admire Trump's "high character" picks for his cabinet!
Oh the hypocrisy, Biden and Obama and Clinton only picked high character nominees. Too funny.
