Update: Fox employees say they were worried about Pete Hegseth’s drinking. Following that report, we heard that Donald Trump is considering replacing Pete Hegseth with Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The next 48 hours will tell us if Hegeth can survive.
Trump allies increasingly think Mr Hegseth can’t withstand further scrutiny.
Gov. DeSantis shares the same views as Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth, especially regarding woke values.
ORIGINAL STORY
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, might not make it to the hearings. He’s facing an onslaught of attacks. The latest comes from The New Yorker, a notoriously left-wing outlet.
We don’t know if Donald Trump knew this was coming, or if they asked Mr. Hegseth for comment, or if they researched, or if any of it is true. However, we know how reluctant the Republicans already are.
The New Yorker reported Sunday that Pete Hegseth was pushed out of two veterans organizations. The first was the Concerned Veterans for America.
The Sentinel discounts it completely until we hear from Mr. Hegseth because it was written by one person who would not put his/her name on it. The person was joined by others and they are anonymous also. We understand why they won’t give their names, but it’s hard to take anything seriously if it’s anonymous.
In any case, Hegseth was only 27 years old.
The alleged whistleblower accused Mr. Hegseth of being intoxicated at work events and gatherings. The person said he sexually pursued female staffers.
Asked by CNN for comment about the magazine’s reporting, a Hegseth adviser said, “We’re not going to comment on outlandish claims laundered through the New Yorker by a petty and jealous disgruntled former associate of Mr. Hegseth’s. Get back to us when you try your first attempt at actual journalism.” Hegseth’s team had provided The New Yorker with an identical statement.
The report claimed someone yelled, “Kill all Muslims,” several times at a bar. They also accused Mr. Hegseth of urinating publicly in front of a hotel while drunk.
Hegseth was president from 2013 to 2016. The letter was sent to senior management in February 2015.
The group allegedly was mired in debt, and Hegseth’s role was allegedly reduced.
The letter’s author told The New Yorker, “If you print that, I will deny I wrote it.”
It could be true, or it could be false.
Another complaint concerned Vets for Freedom.
Margaret Hoover, a CNN political commentator who advised Vets for Freedom between 2008 and 2010, told CNN’s Erin Burnett last month that Hegseth ran the organization “very poorly” and lost donors’ confidence. She said the organization had less than ten employees and a budget of less than $10 million.
Hegseth is 44 and no longer the 27-year-old who managed vet groups. Sean Parnell said the allegations were not true.
Mr. Hegseth knows how to communicate with soldiers and veterans. He is well-educated, a decorated warfighter, and a businessman who has written books. The media is trying to destroy him because he is the man who will bring the military back to merit-based. However, he has some failings. Don’t we all?
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Mild press from left about Pam Bondi, nothing like Gaetz and Hegseth! Seems left is not afraid of Bondi. The.left must be happy with her, along with Jeb Bush, Romney, Graham, Cornyn.
Complete BS! from a proven left wing rag
Funny how when it is a republican, there is not 51 intelligence experts signing a letter saying ; that is Russia disinformation Funny how everyone jumps in to help democrats, how everyone, especially the MSM lie to help democrats, Funny how corrupt judges break the rules to help democrats Funny how the FBI never hides evidence for Republicans like when… Read more »
More smears from leftists. Put your name on the smear so you can rightfully sued. Printing an article like this does not meet any journalistic standards in my opinion but the standards of fifty years ago do not seem to be in effect today.
B.S. Commie Propaganda.
From his own mother. (Last Friday, The New York Times reported that Hegseth’s own mother “accused her son of mistreating women for years.” In 2018, while Hegseth was divorcing his second wife after having an affair with a Fox News executive producer, his mother Penelope told him in an email that “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats,… Read more »
Include the rest of the story please. Lies of omission are still lies.
You mean when she retracts it years later after she’s cooled off and her son is up for a gigantic boost to his career?
Sometimes words said in passion are the closest to the truth.