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Lawlessness! Chaos! Incompetence! Bribe Plane! Greenland? Congress Demands Answers From Hegseth
https://www.wonkette.com/p/lawlessness-chaos-incompetence-bribeMarcie Jones
Just some fantastic reporting with very creative wordsmithing, as usual...
How’s it going with the rootin’-est, tootin’-est, white-nationalist-tattoedn’-est Defense secretary we’ve ever had? As demoralized National Guard troops were sleeping on floors and al fresco on cots in LA, and not getting paid, and Marines prepared to join the scrum, this week their embattled leader Pete *HIC* Hegseth turned his grey-pancaked face to the House and Senate Appropriations committees and the House Armed Service Committee for three days of questioning.
They had some questions for him about the budget the regime is asking for, because Hegseth’s budget-request homework is three months overdue and Congress has only gotten a sparse spreadsheet with a vague request for 13 percent more money. And they had other important questions that SecDef Boozebreath was unwilling or unable to answer. Hic.
Do excruciating exchanges give you hives? Then this is not the story for you, as it is full of clips of Hegseth stretch-Armstronging to give every question his Fox News treatment, and congresspeople dragging his smug, incompetent, propagandizing ass over the hot coals of truth (for what that is worth, any more).
Watch Rep. Mikie Sherrill, new Democratic nominee for New Jersey gov and a former Navy helicopter aircraft commander and Russian policy officer, by the way, call out the CHAOS at the Pentagon, and Hegseth’s three main categories of blazing incompetence. Did Trump order him to cut off aid to Ukraine, or was Pete just (HIC) confused about that? If it’s FAKE NEWS LIES that no one will work with Hegseth because of the incompetent shitshow he has made, and The Best People are clamoring for jobs, where are his nominees to replace all of the people he’s fired?
. . . Much, much elided.
So now Gameshow Host President is stuck with him. And MAGA, of course, doesn’t care about competence or national defense any more. If Lord Trump wills it, it is good! On the upside, Hegseth is so incompetent he cannot even invade Compton, much less Greenland, *HIC*, or Panama.
On the downside, with Israel bombing Iran and all, sure would feel nice to have at least one reliably sober adult over at the Pentagon.
But, we are not getting that today! And probably not tomorrow, next week or next year.
HIC!
They had some questions for him about the budget the regime is asking for, because Hegseth’s budget-request homework is three months overdue and Congress has only gotten a sparse spreadsheet with a vague request for 13 percent more money. And they had other important questions that SecDef Boozebreath was unwilling or unable to answer. Hic.
Do excruciating exchanges give you hives? Then this is not the story for you, as it is full of clips of Hegseth stretch-Armstronging to give every question his Fox News treatment, and congresspeople dragging his smug, incompetent, propagandizing ass over the hot coals of truth (for what that is worth, any more).
Watch Rep. Mikie Sherrill, new Democratic nominee for New Jersey gov and a former Navy helicopter aircraft commander and Russian policy officer, by the way, call out the CHAOS at the Pentagon, and Hegseth’s three main categories of blazing incompetence. Did Trump order him to cut off aid to Ukraine, or was Pete just (HIC) confused about that? If it’s FAKE NEWS LIES that no one will work with Hegseth because of the incompetent shitshow he has made, and The Best People are clamoring for jobs, where are his nominees to replace all of the people he’s fired?
. . . Much, much elided.
So now Gameshow Host President is stuck with him. And MAGA, of course, doesn’t care about competence or national defense any more. If Lord Trump wills it, it is good! On the upside, Hegseth is so incompetent he cannot even invade Compton, much less Greenland, *HIC*, or Panama.
On the downside, with Israel bombing Iran and all, sure would feel nice to have at least one reliably sober adult over at the Pentagon.
But, we are not getting that today! And probably not tomorrow, next week or next year.
HIC!
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