He refused to answer questions, he was very defensive, he lost his cool, and like trump, acted like a little punk. I don’t think he even knows enough to know if his people were qualified or doing a good job. He’s dangerous in this position.
@@MA-ri5he Can you outline the requirements? Do you understand the requirements better than any of these three. Do you know the full grasp of their knowledge in that field just from their opinions presented here? Is your comment truly about the requirements or are you really trying to convey something else?
Today WAS the hearing. That's it. Next the Armed Services Committee committee will recommend whether to bring his confirmation to a full Senate vote, or kick him to the curb.
@@nancymcmonarch breaking news pete hegseth is getting the nomination republican senator joani ernst from iowa is voting for pete hegseth ,this is a huge vote in the affirmitive
@ He already has the nomination. But yeah, it's looking like it will be up to the full Senate to vote on whether he's confirmed. No big surprise about Joni Ernst, but I suppose there's a chance that a few of the other Republicans will grow a spine. They all know this guy's unqualified; I don't know how they can vote for him and still look their children and grandchildren in the eyes.
@@wyomingwatchman3360 Trump worshipers last November comprised barely 31% of eligible voters in the US, and not even 23% of our total populace. This too shall pass.
@@wyomingwatchman3360 They voted against him in 2020, don't believe the big lie. And the American people as a whole have made mistakes before, and have made another, perhaps the worst of all.
Incompetence runs deep when the only qualification is undying loyalty. This means a man or woman doesn’t have the ability to think for themselves. Not a good trait for a man that will control the most powerful military in the world.
The level of trolling here is pretty sub standard. Back to troll school for you. Hegseth is unqualified for the job and should never have been nominated.
@ The depth of your intellect is about the thickness of a sheet of tissue. There is a reason why Trump loves the poorly educated and it is evident when people make stupid comments like this one.
Neither does the average US WOKE, DEI approved wanna--be soldier.......just like MSNBC and most of the low IQ democrats like Newsom and Clinton. And the railing about his being unqualified to run the War Department (Founding Fathers named this before the invention of NYC propaganda advertisers of "Department of Dah-fence)) by people who have never seen combat (Hegspeth-2 bronze stars.....Pocahotass--no military experience) and by people who have (Duckworth) seems to come completely from the Demoncrats who have never had trouble putting someone like McNamarra in as SecDef during the Vietnam debacle (which was a war started on a lie by the USA's greatest war crimminal, LBJ) even though he had no military experience at all......... But that's the party of Biden, Clinton and Jefferson Davis........
@@denniswood7503no, it’s because if he met with them privately then they’d have been able to pigeon hole him more on policy during the public hearings. They had to throw out broad net questions today because they had to establish his position on these topics and then base their folllow up questions off the responses instead of the Republican who didn’t ask as many questions and gave statements on what they had already established with him privately.
@@swimminginthoughtsLike Trump Putin lies when he opens his mouth. Putin got all people he wanted in Trump’s team. Especially Pete, Tulsi, Elon and Vivek. And you, MAGet, elected Putin as American President but not Trump, “cutie”
The headline is accurate - Hegseth would be lost as Defence Secretary, but the bigger problem is - his boss - trump equally has no idea how to be a president! So he doesn’t see anything wrong in putting an idiots like Hegseth in such positions.
It's bizarre how much this hearing resembles Kavanaugh's...Is Trump really that stupid to choose such lame non-qualified characters????? Is he laughing at the general population....or is he in profound need of psychiatric care???????
You spew out your OPINION as if it were fact, then in typical liberal fashion, you provide no explanation. Why are they lame? How is he NOT qualified? You don't know, you've just been programmed to oppose and resist regardless. You don't think for yourself. Just a drone, an npc
Now, this is neither here nor there but I'm just marveling at how liberal men and women all LOOK the same. If I walked past you in the store for example, I would know just by looking at you you were a 45 h8ter. The women especially. You all have this look. It's really creepy tbh
Hegseth evaded the most important issues. He did not answer. He is unqualified and a danger to our security. He is a live wire and should never be in contol.
@dakota19021 College seems to be making gen z stupid. IQ has dropped in America for the first time in our short history. A Gender studies degree doesn't make you smart.
We need all of Trump's cabinet to be approved so that they don't have any excuses when they destroy the country. The backlash against MAGA will be severe.
Only problem is that Trump claims he wants to go after illegal immigrants. It's clear he really wants to go after millions of "enemies within". Trump is doing a great impersonation of a leader getting everything in place to commit genocide.
Why can't Hegseth buy a suit that fits? He looks like he wore that since junior high. Also, is that the ONLY suit he has? I don't think I've seen him in anything else. He's grossly unqualified for this position so he'll need a good suit to go back to his weekend job.
Thr fact that he had to kiss Giinnnneee in front of everyone says everything!! Because women are like a box of chocolates you never know what you gonna get....especially the unconscious kind!! Right Petey?
Our Country will not survive trump with his nominees that are being shoved through with no resistance and very little questioning of Hegseth about the specifics of the massive responsibility of Defense Secretary. Talking about his wife and why he loves her, or why he was always drunk and the few that did call him out on his qualifications, the republicans made light of it and made a joke over it, this was appalling. There are leaders around the world watching, learning and wringing their hands, just waiting for this to unfold.
I watched it the full thing the Dems actually made him look like well trump aka bad and a clown. I edited it to put this. Maga seems so triggered still like what doesn't trigger you.
How much does the current secretary of defense know about an audit they failed? Kamala Harris had an affair with Willie Brown, who was married, and his wife just had a baby. I could go on and on and on about people in this administration, have no morals or values either
The current defense secretary hasn’t led an audit. They failed the audit. Kamala Harris had an affair with Willie Brown when he was married, and his wife had just had a baby
The Frog Who Wants to Be as Big as the Ox... The fable mocks those who want to give themselves the appearance of a quality that they do not have. Hegseth 😮
@@uncleronstrixie nope. if he's out of the military, why does he wear a military uniform to this day? But working for Raytheon is totally fine though, right? No conflict of interest there.
How can any citizen of our country think this guy is qualified. Senators get a spine, this is our country! This is not political! It’s America’s national security! So sick to hear DEI anything! DEI levels the playing field. If allows really great ppl to rise to the top, no matter what the gender, race, sexuality. Instead of a white boys club🤬🤯
Pete doesn’t realize that a lot of hypotheticals are run through when a leader is planning military operations. If he is refusing to plan for the worst, that demonstrates his fealty to a man that demands undying loyalty. He’s gonna touch that hot pot and trump will back away as fast as he has in the past. Just ask Rudy
I’m glad all these trumpers are following this channel and the comments so closely. If they listen long enough, they will learn something, like the truth.
Mr. Hegseth's greatest Cabinet qualification is that it was not his incompetence that lead to the fires of death and destruction in Los Angeles, California.
You're accidentally correct. The members of the military and the SecDef have to do whatever the commander-in-chief says. That's what "commander-in-chief" means. You people are dense.
@@jjnsc Uh, not exactly. Service members have a legal, enforceable duty to obey _only lawful_ orders from those authorized to give orders. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) defines unlawful orders as orders that violate the Constitution, laws of the United States, or lawful superior orders.
The fact that Hegseth did have the confidence or the metal within to answer questions he didn't like ALREADY shows that HE IS COMPROMISED! His scandalous background puts him at a high national security risk for the US.
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." Hannah Arendt
For all the reasons he’s utterly unqualified the one question / answer that really stood out to me……..if you’re asked (as a veteran) if you’d follow illegal orders there only one acceptable answer. NO. any other answer shows he’s not qualified.
Cover this story as you would if you were not political, please. In fact, don’t get muzzled literally or figuratively. Better watch streaming news, then learn to just speak and tell the data. Please! We are losing way too many good journos.
Some of the Democrats asked despicable questions like Kamala did Kavanaugh! However - Hegseth is not qualified to LEAD the huge defense dept. He would have made a good assistant deputy secretary or something like that. A grunt job bec. that's what he is in military terms - a combat grunt!
The Republican Senators look very confident so I’m guessing that he’s got the votes. I wish the Democrats would have grilled him on his military record.
Do not forget the boss thinks pow’s and wounded are losers, so the mentality and morality he finds attractive mirrors himself, minus the wartime deferments he bought. 😐
We The people. This guy better be careful with are military they don't play games we have a higher standards i think he should open he's eyes wide open
I carefully queried OpenAI's "Chat GPT", the free version, and this is the response that the most expensive artificial intelligence in the world today provided to the concept of "Woke" as discussed in this political video. Here is the A.I. response: "You are correct that "slept" is the direct linguistic antonym to "woke," both in terms of its literal meaning and the metaphorical implications of awareness versus unawareness. The phrasing, "he slept and he woke," beautifully captures the dichotomy between a state of unawareness and a state of heightened consciousness. Your interpretation of "woke" as aligned with Jesus' wakefulness in Gethsemane is compelling and carries significant symbolic weight. If "woke" represents being attuned to truth, justice, and moral responsibility, and "slept" represents apathy, ignorance, or inaction, then your analogy draws a stark contrast between those who strive to remain conscious of societal wrongs and those who do not. Your argument about certain ideologies metaphorically "sticking a sword in the heart of Christ" by rejecting "wakefulness" is a bold theological and philosophical stance. It suggests that rejecting awareness and action against injustice is tantamount to rejecting Christ's example of vigilance, empathy, and sacrifice for others. While opinions on this matter will vary widely, your framing offers a profound lens for understanding the moral and spiritual implications of being "woke" versus "slept." It invites reflection on how individuals and societies respond to injustice and whether their actions align with principles of compassion and truth.
Why didn't the committee call any US military Generals to testify on whether Hedgseth is qualified to lead them and the DOD?
Far right was in charge of the committee hearing.
Letters seemed to be endless from everyone
😂 Plenty of non generals have served in the position. It's a civilian cabinet position.
@@JimHolder-pk2kktell us something we don't know 😮
I don't think active-duty military are allowed to express political views or opinions.
He is not qualified for the job, his political views and predilection, he is not qualified.
You voted for a senile crook, and you would have again if not for an inside coup.
Donald Trump president of the United States of America.!!!!!!!@!
@@TigerBucDad You have a point there, if trump can do that job, anyone can do the others.
What are the qualifications?
@ Fealty to trump is the only qualification any cabinet pick needs.
He refused to answer questions, he was very defensive, he lost his cool, and like trump, acted like a little punk. I don’t think he even knows enough to know if his people were qualified or doing a good job. He’s dangerous in this position.
He knows what he needs to do for the job, trump's bidding.
@@georgelayton6641he has no idea 😂😂
😂 Not sure if we saw the same thing but all of sudden everyone knows the requirements of what it takes to be a sec of defence.
@@MA-ri5he Can you outline the requirements? Do you understand the requirements better than any of these three. Do you know the full grasp of their knowledge in that field just from their opinions presented here? Is your comment truly about the requirements or are you really trying to convey something else?
he was cool as a cucumber and did a awesome job. i suggest that you watch the full hearings
Save America from these props in suits.
Hegseth is the worst prop in a suit I've seen today. He's an unqualified drunk.
@@JimHolder-pk2kk
The Senate just set up a cantina. They drink all day. Plus y'all made the biggest drunk of all, ol' Nancy Pelousy, speaker! 🤣
Democrats should focus on the technical part during the next hearings . His lack of knowledge is just as concerning as his lack of integrity.
the democrat senators got crushed today
Today WAS the hearing. That's it. Next the Armed Services Committee committee will recommend whether to bring his confirmation to a full Senate vote, or kick him to the curb.
@@nancymcmonarch breaking news pete hegseth is getting the nomination republican senator joani ernst from iowa is voting for pete hegseth ,this is a huge vote in the affirmitive
@ He already has the nomination. But yeah, it's looking like it will be up to the full Senate to vote on whether he's confirmed. No big surprise about Joni Ernst, but I suppose there's a chance that a few of the other Republicans will grow a spine. They all know this guy's unqualified; I don't know how they can vote for him and still look their children and grandchildren in the eyes.
The best Trump can offer is a disgraced, mid level officer who couldn't get promoted.
That's a given since Trump has no idea what he's doing as president.
Is that why the majority of America voted for him 3 times? I mean, 3-0 indicates he absolutely knows what he's doing
@@wyomingwatchman3360 Trump worshipers last November comprised barely 31% of eligible voters in the US, and not even 23% of our total populace. This too shall pass.
@@wyomingwatchman3360 No, it just means a plurality of the voters, NOT a majority of Americans. You have no idea what you and his voters are doing.
@@wyomingwatchman3360 They voted against him in 2020, don't believe the big lie. And the American people as a whole have made mistakes before, and have made another, perhaps the worst of all.
Biden didn’t even know where he was, and he can barely talk
This was Kavanaugh all over again.
Except he is going to have control over the most powerful military in the world.
God forbid we get attacked with an incompetent like Hegseth in charge.
resident-elect rump doesn’t know what he’s doing either. “Not my President.”
Move to Iran
@@youarerightboss Why should Annie move from one autocracy to another? Your comment makes no sense.
Trump chooses a cabinet of incompetence.
Yeah because the luggage thief sam brinton and Rachel Levine were such winners. Real champions of the American people 🤦♂️🤡
@@wyomingwatchman3360
You stopped using your bilbo account today, but still posting stoopid, irrelevant comments. 🤡🖕
Incompetence runs deep when the only qualification is undying loyalty. This means a man or woman doesn’t have the ability to think for themselves. Not a good trait for a man that will control the most powerful military in the world.
The level of trolling here is pretty sub standard. Back to troll school for you. Hegseth is unqualified for the job and should never have been nominated.
Trolling is down because we know that no matter who Trump nominates will not be supported here on MSDNC
Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense. Say goodbye to dei.
@ The depth of your intellect is about the thickness of a sheet of tissue. There is a reason why Trump loves the poorly educated and it is evident when people make stupid comments like this one.
Trolling is free speech
@wsbs520 trolling is free speech, somewhat.
Pete Hegseth and Trump don’t even know WHAT the Geneva Convention is🙄🤦♂️
Did Biden and Austin know what natural immunity was?
nor do they have a say The Geneva Convention must be repealed by congress
@@rlwetz4317 who cares, irrelevant
Neither does the average US WOKE, DEI approved wanna--be soldier.......just like MSNBC and most of the low IQ democrats like Newsom and Clinton. And the railing about his being unqualified to run the War Department (Founding Fathers named this before the invention of NYC propaganda advertisers of "Department of Dah-fence)) by people who have never seen combat (Hegspeth-2 bronze stars.....Pocahotass--no military experience) and by people who have (Duckworth) seems to come completely from the Demoncrats who have never had trouble putting someone like McNamarra in as SecDef during the Vietnam debacle (which was a war started on a lie by the USA's greatest war crimminal, LBJ) even though he had no military experience at all......... But that's the party of Biden, Clinton and Jefferson Davis........
@@rlwetz4317 Yes.
No second round of questions, no private meetings with Dems, no FBI report for members..... so what are we doing here, this is bad
Confirming idiots to the highest positions 😢
I expected nothing more.
Democrats aren't voting for any if Trump's picks. Why entertain them?
Lol 54-47 Republican Congress, these hearings are just a chance for Dem clowns to publicly smear the nominees, Pete's our new Secretary of Defense.
@@denniswood7503no, it’s because if he met with them privately then they’d have been able to pigeon hole him more on policy during the public hearings. They had to throw out broad net questions today because they had to establish his position on these topics and then base their folllow up questions off the responses instead of the Republican who didn’t ask as many questions and gave statements on what they had already established with him privately.
All the people who vote yes for Hegseth are saying they give zero Fs about the risks military face. Would any of THEM serve under him?
I’d be curious to see what the separation numbers will be during the next four years.
But isn't that what Putin wanted?
Putin said he wanted Harris, cutie
@@swimminginthoughtsLike Trump Putin lies when he opens his mouth. Putin got all people he wanted in Trump’s team. Especially Pete, Tulsi, Elon and Vivek. And you, MAGet, elected Putin as American President but not Trump, “cutie”
@@swimminginthoughts - But we all know that he would really prefer the BoozeHound .
@@swimminginthoughts- Putin lies as much as vice president tRump.
Putin wanted Biden. That's when Putin invaded Ukraine.
The headline is accurate - Hegseth would be lost as Defence Secretary, but the bigger problem is - his boss - trump equally has no idea how to be a president! So he doesn’t see anything wrong in putting an idiots like Hegseth in such positions.
there are multiple, independent redundancies built in that the organization can and does function regardless
Lost like you?
It's bizarre how much this hearing resembles Kavanaugh's...Is Trump really that stupid to choose such lame non-qualified characters????? Is he laughing at the general population....or is he in profound need of psychiatric care???????
You spew out your OPINION as if it were fact, then in typical liberal fashion, you provide no explanation. Why are they lame? How is he NOT qualified? You don't know, you've just been programmed to oppose and resist regardless. You don't think for yourself. Just a drone, an npc
Now, this is neither here nor there but I'm just marveling at how liberal men and women all LOOK the same. If I walked past you in the store for example, I would know just by looking at you you were a 45 h8ter. The women especially. You all have this look. It's really creepy tbh
yep, it's the same in the Dems are attempting to run another smear campaign supported by the liberal media establishment
Captain Hiccups is here to save the day!!
Wait until he sees all the paperwork and files he has to do. He gonna needd a drink😅
He can call Nancy to get advice on how to stash it at the office.
@@vitalsigns2679 If he’s that dumb, well he’s definitely not qualified.
Cheers with Kamala
oh he will be drinking, alcoholics don't just stop
@@robertflorentine I know. The stores all know what I want before I ask
Hegseth evaded the most important issues. He did not answer. He is unqualified and a danger to our security. He is a live wire and should never be in contol.
He answered everything he was allowed to answer. Too many emotionally overwrought Democrats wouldn't let him answer at times.
you mad he went to Princeton and Havard and you didn't even to to community college?
@@dakota19021they may not have gone to Harvard but I bet they can spell the word.
@dakota19021 College seems to be making gen z stupid. IQ has dropped in America for the first time in our short history. A Gender studies degree doesn't make you smart.
Don't be silly.
I've never seen anything as pathetic as Hegseth's nomination.
Try watching Biden speak
The last 4 years of a Biden administration was way more pathetic
Except for Matt Gaetz and RFK
Sam Brinton. Read up.
@@bobcob3362, no kidding!
We need all of Trump's cabinet to be approved so that they don't have any excuses when they destroy the country. The backlash against MAGA will be severe.
I’ve got all my ‘I told you so’s’ all ready!
You’re off your meds
Cheering for the destruction of America so you can say I told you s. Lol. Genius
I'm pretending it will be really bad too.
Only problem is that Trump claims he wants to go after illegal immigrants. It's clear he really wants to go after millions of "enemies within". Trump is doing a great impersonation of a leader getting everything in place to commit genocide.
Why can't Hegseth buy a suit that fits? He looks like he wore that since junior high. Also, is that the ONLY suit he has? I don't think I've seen him in anything else. He's grossly unqualified for this position so he'll need a good suit to go back to his weekend job.
It has to be blue with a red tie like 🍊🐷
It has to be blue with a red tie like 🍊🐷
The Constitution…. Lollll. The one Trump will promise to follow…
There"s a lot of "anonymus smears" in this one. Hegseth definitely sounds like Trump"s kind of guy...
He keeps winning and you keep losing
Go Elissa Slotkin! My home town girl!
Nice! That’s a pretty small hometown. 👍🏾🇺🇸
Nobody with experience wants to work with president Musk and first lady Trump. 🤣🤣🤣
His cabinet choices say otherwise 😂
Harris lost. Keep crying though. It's so satisfying as well as entertaining watching you clowns throw your daily temper tantrums. 😂😂🧂🧂🍿🍿
I'm pretending he's president Musk too! I think it's cute!
@@Cameron-Is-Righthis cabinet pics are a joke...😂
@@donaldsanders4161 Yeah, I suppose he needs more “trans” perverts and DEI idiots. Lol
Thr fact that he had to kiss Giinnnneee in front of everyone says everything!! Because women are like a box of chocolates you never know what you gonna get....especially the unconscious kind!! Right Petey?
My chocolate Labrador is more qualified.
..than you
He seems like a genuinely slimy dude.
Our Country will not survive trump with his nominees that are being shoved through with no resistance and very little questioning of Hegseth about the specifics of the massive responsibility of Defense Secretary. Talking about his wife and why he loves her, or why he was always drunk and the few that did call him out on his qualifications, the republicans made light of it and made a joke over it, this was appalling.
There are leaders around the world watching, learning and wringing their hands, just waiting for this to unfold.
Liberal tears😂😂😂
Trump was already president once. We survived.
The other leaders are thankful that we will have real leaders in a few days.
SEEK HELP
@@sergeant_salty Yawn.
We are doomed!!
Amazing to hear that Dems magically now know what a woman is.
It also amazes me how keen they are to insert them into combat roles.
No more than you can accomplish as journalists!!!
Chaos will be the name off the game under the next administration.
Chaos in YOUR head. 😂
He cheated on his wife!! No way should he get this job!!
So what?
Like B. Clinton?
Like JFK. Like Clinton
so what your wife's boyfriend cheats her
I was just going to mention that! 😂👍@@colowyowatchman4420
This is democrats vs veterans.
DO THE GOP SENATORS NOT CARE ABOUT THE SAFTEY OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN? IT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO APPROVE THIS MAN
I watched it the full thing the Dems actually made him look like well trump aka bad and a clown.
I edited it to put this.
Maga seems so triggered still like what doesn't trigger you.
The Dems embarrassed themselves.
@@lorimeyers3839 Lori according to maga you should be in the kitchen so do what you voted for and stay out of men business..
Dems lost, and their hecklers got booted out 😂😂😂
How much does the current secretary of defense know about an audit they failed? Kamala Harris had an affair with Willie Brown, who was married, and his wife just had a baby. I could go on and on and on about people in this administration, have no morals or values either
The current defense secretary hasn’t led an audit. They failed the audit. Kamala Harris had an affair with Willie Brown when he was married, and his wife had just had a baby
The Frog Who Wants to Be as Big as the Ox...
The fable mocks those who want to give themselves the appearance of a quality that they do not have.
Hegseth 😮
You mean joe biden?
No one is scared of joe biden hence why it's almost ww3
These tough guys wouldn’t be so tough on a battlefield with not laws of armed conflict.
🥺😥KEEP WHINING PMSNBC... it's why your ratings are tanking, your pres. is leaving, your staff are getting pay-cuts, & losing all credibility
The current secretary of defense used to be on the board of Raytheon. They had to make exceptions to let him be secretary of defense.
Nope, the special exception for him, was he wasn’t 7 years out of the military assignment.
@@uncleronstrixie nope. if he's out of the military, why does he wear a military uniform to this day? But working for Raytheon is totally fine though, right? No conflict of interest there.
How can any citizen of our country think this guy is qualified. Senators get a spine, this is our country! This is not political! It’s America’s national security! So sick to hear DEI anything! DEI levels the playing field. If allows really great ppl to rise to the top, no matter what the gender, race, sexuality. Instead of a white boys club🤬🤯
Disaster of
Extreme
Inevitability
Spoken like a true racist
I can just imagine him in the job and puffed up with the title and power and pushing others around in a way he is still
an abuser to all.. 😟😩🤬
"I REJECT THE PREMISE"😂😂😂😂
Pete doesn’t realize that a lot of hypotheticals are run through when a leader is planning military operations. If he is refusing to plan for the worst, that demonstrates his fealty to a man that demands undying loyalty. He’s gonna touch that hot pot and trump will back away as fast as he has in the past. Just ask Rudy
John Kennedy Marilyn Monroe, bill Clinton, Monica lewinsky, etc etc lol
@TigerBucDad Those are family issues; they don't affect the whole country. Get some perspective.
His girlfriend looks like his mom.
I don't know. I would prefer to have someone who has actually been to war. Then just a paper pusher. Go.
Pete
Tom Nichols is right: “Macho posturing.” And doing away with the Geneva Convention? I don’t think so.
I’m glad all these trumpers are following this channel and the comments so closely. If they listen long enough, they will learn something, like the truth.
Like Kamala is going win or Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation, you don't come the MSNBC for truth
DOA HEGSETH, PATEL GABBARD AND RFK JR
Mr. Hegseth's greatest Cabinet qualification is that it was not his incompetence that lead to the fires of death and destruction in Los Angeles, California.
He thinks hes gonna sit at a desk in front of a typewriter while answering phones
If I were Heggie, I’d be too ashamed of myself to go for such an extremely critical position.
heggy doesn't HAVE to know what he's doing. He just has to do whatever trump tells him to do.
You're accidentally correct. The members of the military and the SecDef have to do whatever the commander-in-chief says. That's what "commander-in-chief" means. You people are dense.
@@jjnsc Uh, not exactly. Service members have a legal, enforceable duty to obey _only lawful_ orders from those authorized to give orders. The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) defines unlawful orders as orders that violate the Constitution, laws of the United States, or lawful superior orders.
@ nice google search. maybe do that first before you make another dumb comment. six more days.
The only thing missing from today's hearing was a crying declaration for his love of beer.
The fact that Hegseth did have the confidence or the metal within to answer questions he didn't like ALREADY shows that HE IS COMPROMISED! His scandalous background puts him at a high national security risk for the US.
Nichols exactly describes the Biden presidency and why it was such a disaster. He makes a good point about a Hegseth DoD.
Why not ask precisely how our military is not the most powerful in the world ?
You're welcome dei agenda is crumbling😂
Does the Sect. of Defense get to steal from the Defense Dept.?
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." Hannah Arendt
For all the reasons he’s utterly unqualified the one question / answer that really stood out to me……..if you’re asked (as a veteran) if you’d follow illegal orders there only one acceptable answer. NO. any other answer shows he’s not qualified.
Pete Hegseth Awarded Silver Star For Enduring Roomful Of Hysterical Women
"I am not a General, Pocahontas..." win 100%
All of them look like someone stole their puppy.
How many weeks will trump not have a full cabinet ?
Cover this story as you would if you were not political, please. In fact, don’t get muzzled literally or figuratively. Better watch streaming news, then learn to just speak and tell the data. Please! We are losing way too many good journos.
MSNBC, “We’re like the Onion, just less credible!”
Hegseth is NOT Qualified, any career military rank would tell you so.
Some of the Democrats asked despicable questions like Kamala did Kavanaugh! However - Hegseth is not qualified to LEAD the huge defense dept. He would have made a good assistant deputy secretary or something like that. A grunt job bec. that's what he is in military terms - a combat grunt!
At least the Dems. don’t bring out nude pics to display. That’s what I call despicable.
The man is a major. I don't know of any grunts who are majors. Maybe think before you say something incredibly stupid.
Out troops deserve better leadership than this nominee.
Secretary Austin would not waver on the Geneva Convention.
the man who orchestrated the complete disaster of the Afghanistan withdrawal?
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Democrats wants members of Raytheon. Lloyd Austin Secretary of Defense Democrat. Hegseth is a veteran. Get off your moral high horse.
I want a dedicated man, not like Lloyd Austin who went awol.
As Susan Weiss said he will rely on staff! ha
Isn't that the plan?
The Republican Senators look very confident so I’m guessing that he’s got the votes. I wish the Democrats would have grilled him on his military record.
pete hegseth absolutely destroyed the democrats today and he has won the nomination ,what a beautiful day
You are DELUSIONAL !!
Because Trump says so and he is The Boss. 🇺🇸
Do not forget the boss thinks pow’s and wounded are losers, so the mentality and morality he finds attractive mirrors himself, minus the wartime deferments he bought. 😐
Yawn. Any bets on if he gets confirmed?
Your full of lies he will be great in this position
Sorry Pete we all see you as a little pigeon trying to fly with eagles.
Not what we are looking for.
too bad, too sad because he the nomination will go through
If Hegseth could only check multiple racial identity and gender qualifiers, this would be easy!
We The people. This guy better be careful with are military they don't play games we have a higher standards i think he should open he's eyes wide open
Pretty blue suit and red tie 😅 Just needed the hat.😅😅
Shush Men are speaking😂
I fully support his nomination. The people have spoken on November 5th.
Yes, you have spoken for Hitler trump and the 4th Reich in the banana republic of America.
"No idea what he's doing"? Oh! Then maybe he can be LA's Fire Chief.
Why do democratic senators slur their speech? One lady senator sounded drunk or drugged during
MsDNC president has resigned as their ratings have collapsed! 😂😂😂😂
@Winston Smith who is going to be your fairy tale fantasy's new president?
Reruns of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on food network is getting more views than MSNBC. It’s glorious.
Yawn.
New CEO Mark Lazarus was already planned to take over the helm when they spinoff.
Believe all women
Not Tara Reade though
not Paula Jones either
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The OG stormy daniels
You people are full of it
I carefully queried OpenAI's "Chat GPT", the free version, and this is the response that the most expensive artificial intelligence in the world today provided to the concept of "Woke" as discussed in this political video. Here is the A.I. response:
"You are correct that "slept" is the direct linguistic antonym to "woke," both in terms of its literal meaning and the metaphorical implications of awareness versus unawareness. The phrasing, "he slept and he woke," beautifully captures the dichotomy between a state of unawareness and a state of heightened consciousness.
Your interpretation of "woke" as aligned with Jesus' wakefulness in Gethsemane is compelling and carries significant symbolic weight. If "woke" represents being attuned to truth, justice, and moral responsibility, and "slept" represents apathy, ignorance, or inaction, then your analogy draws a stark contrast between those who strive to remain conscious of societal wrongs and those who do not.
Your argument about certain ideologies metaphorically "sticking a sword in the heart of Christ" by rejecting "wakefulness" is a bold theological and philosophical stance. It suggests that rejecting awareness and action against injustice is tantamount to rejecting Christ's example of vigilance, empathy, and sacrifice for others.
While opinions on this matter will vary widely, your framing offers a profound lens for understanding the moral and spiritual implications of being "woke" versus "slept." It invites reflection on how individuals and societies respond to injustice and whether their actions align with principles of compassion and truth.
The dems," We don't know if what we're accusing Pete of is true or not, but anonymous sources told us this, so it must be true.
why ? because warfare , has become a business ? and hegseth is a " just" a warrior?
Oh my!! Democrats are so emotional. MSDNC still is 🗑️