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Fact check: Pete Hegseth falsely told Congress troops were sent to polling sites

journalismMay 5, 202633591

CNN says Hegseth twice made false claims about troops at polling locations; reports also say he brought his wife to Pentagon meetings.

Leah McElrath
@leahmcelrath.bsky.social

WTAF: “Pentagon staff have been surprised to see [Hegseth] accompanied to official meetings by his wife, Jennifer, a former Fox News producer who frequently sits at the back during such encounters.”

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Dave Czaja17

Sure looks like she's his alcoholism baby sitter. I wonder if he has others.

Nur Shahir, PhD (Hire me!)8

I wish I was joking but I honestly think she's there as his sobriety partner 😐

Kris with a K7

Yep. This has been going on since he was confirmed.

Eileen ☂️ Antifa Croquet Team5

They’re firing all the grown ups with expertise, and turning the biggest military on the planet over to children like it’s a big toy. This is not going to end well.

Todd Walker4

Maybe, like Pence, he can’t allow himself to be in a meeting w women without his wife present. You know, *for reasons*

Data4Miles3

She is his security blanket. Dude needs his woobie.

David Stone2

He likely has a skin-crawling form of paranoia, always tweaking, always ready to pounce. You see it in his eyes. They say behind every great man is a woman. Hegseth is not a great man. He's a beta male full of insecurities, and these types attract women who know how to take full advantage of them.

Big Money Investigator2

AI: Abusers frequently take their wives to their jobs, or otherwise involve themselves in their partners' workplaces, as a calculated tactic of coercive control.

Alfalphamale2

It seems to me that it is the wives of these freaks that is telling them what to do

🎉 Gidgetwidget 2

This is what I know & expect to be true, having worked at FOX News in the Newscorps HQ in NYC, & confirm this normal but specific Behavioral Trait observed & associated with the species of human I refer to as "1211 Moist Trails". I vomit at the sight. ghouls leave vile, disgusting moist trails 🤮

Raider
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

Pete Hegseth is now bringing his wife to Pentagon meetings after he ousted top officials: report

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Sir Chumlee12

To be fair, pretty sure she's his designated driver.

Mary9

She must be an expert since she is married to him. Codependency at its worst. Goddamn sycophants, grifters, and nepotism lovers.

Antifa Princess™🗿💖🌻⛵️✨7

It's his security blanket. He's extremely insecure and relies on his weak third wife to boost his ego. He’s a typical case of narcissism. No one likes a narcissist; there's always one who constantly plays cheerleader to elevate his self-esteem. She's weak and submissive with no self-worth.

Which Side Are YOU On? BTW, 8647.6

Kids, sons-in-law, girlfriends, wives.... I guess they are as competent as any of the current cabinet members.

EuphoricFuzion🕯️4

He's never been able to do this job, and I imagine she's been trying to be his ventriloquist for some time now, but he keeps fucking it up, so she's coming to work with him... That or he's drinking too much on the job.

upchuck66.bsky.social4

He’s an emotional cripple in need of ‘mommy’ support! Can’t you just hear him reciting, in his warped head, “nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I’m gonna eat some worms?”

No More Yellow Brick Road3

THIS 👇 The day-to-day running of the department has fallen to Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, according to the report. He is the billionaire owner of an investment firm now responsible for the roughly three million military and civilian employees.

Wind, Click, Snap 🇺🇸 🍻 🎞 🪚 🖌3

This is the zealot who believes that women should have a subordinate position in civilization and shouldn't be allowed to vote. He brings his wife to work, to be involved in the highest level workings of our military. These people are all caricatures of themselves.

Intolerant Badgers Coalition2

Who else is going to place the Polymarket bets? Do you think he has enough time in his day of depleting our missile stockpiles and hosting Kid Rock joyrides to place those bets? C’mon Obviously, sarcasm.

Kavi Kat 🌬️2

It's the same as Elon bringing a baby to work. 🛡️

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