Fact check: Pete Hegseth falsely told Congress troops were sent to polling sites
Pete Hegseth told Congress on two separate occasions that U.S. troops had been sent to polling locations, a claim CNN verified was false. He made those assertions while testifying about military posture and election security at a congressional hearing. Separate reporting says Hegseth brought his wife into meetings at the Pentagon, prompting questions about access and departmental protocol. Misstating troop movements and mixing personal guests into defense meetings matters because it can mislead lawmakers, hinder oversight, and trigger ethics reviews.
Rep. Maggie Goodlander used Pete Hegseth's own words to make a clear point: the U.S. military will not follow unlawful orders. Hegseth tried to call the question partisan but Goodlander reminded him that HE was the one who said that. He confirmed it under oath, let's hold him to it.
David6He doesn’t care about the law or his oath. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-d...
@GioLovesYou6Hegseth would have failed high school debate if he could have made the team!
Kat Denise4They already have obeyed unlawful orders (have they not?, but ok. @goodlander.house.gov
Dystopian Prophet2they already have and continue to every single day
bombaycrone.bsky.social2I love it that a woman is shredding him.
RunSuRun2This man is the living definition of punk.
FFS, has anyone in corporate media considered just asking Pete Hegseth what he thinks the term "ceasefire" means
Nat Turner’s Slave Rebellion16Hegseth’s version would be they cease and we fire.
Skot Christopherson7Except for the fact all the press at the DoD briefings work for right-wing propaganda outlets and would never dare ask a serious question, I agree
BATFiNK5are these expensive 😁 A US Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker tanker aircraft squawked emergency code 7700 about an hour ago while flying over the Persian Gulf conducting refueling operations. The aircraft's transponders failed before reaching Qatar.
Angry Hobbit5"You keep using that word. I am not sure it means what you think it means"
JR3Now they start a new clock on a new war, before they go back to another "ceasefire". I can see this going on until 2028, while they also plan to create so-called Greater North America. It seems it will be ruinous.
lilmermaid17.bsky.social3When Iran is shooting at ships and the US Navy is shooting back, that's not a ceasefire. Besides, a blockade is a act of war!
Au Suivant.2Something that you win the second annual FIFA peace prize for?
WarTrials💙2Armageddon and the rapture.. that's what kegsbreath means
alta-kaker.bsky.social2The corporate media is entirely useless for over a decade and refuses to ask pertinent questions and follow-up when the answers are pure bullshit. Kegsbreath is drunken cosplay Faux News actor, and is incapable of rendering a coherent answer
JBJ.2A mixed drink of ice absinthe and orange juice served on fire
I bet they changed it from "Department of Defense" to "Department of War" because Pete Hegseth thought only girls are "Secretaries" so he needed a more gender-affirming title
Mæve6“Presidency of Peace oversees re-envisioning the Dept. of Defense to Dept. of War in an ironic attempt to keep drunk man happy, while proving cis people CAN handle name changes.”
OFFICIAL ANTIFA MASCOT DOG5The next time he testifies, SOMEBODY on the Hill needs to compliment his makeup.
John-Henry Beck4I mean, the actual reason they gave was basically that - War being essentially more manly than Defensive.
En Buen Ora3they had to talk him down from naming himself Master or God of War
Fraa Paul3This reminds me of my theory that DOGE shuttered USAID because they heard it’s a source of “soft power” and we only want super manly “hard power.”
Believelander Says Trans Rights2Very girlboss of him 👏
wrestlingdad1975.bsky.social2Who knows what goes through the knuckleheads brain at this point. All I know is Pete is an example why having a degree from an Ivy League school doesn’t mean you are smart or intelligent
Anagram Doe2the department of look at these guns, figuratively and literally
Amy Raven - Crash Magnet2Probably thinks Secretary is a little too gay
