An Indefensible Choice for Secretary of Defense

Link: Pete Hegseth’s Secret History | The New Yorker

 

Oh wow.  So not only is Drumpf's Secretary of Defense nominee, and part-time Fox "news" TV show host Pete Hegseth an alleged/accused rapist, he was also forcefully removed from leadership positions in two separate non-profit Veterans organizations because of "financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct."

𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙜𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 2017, 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩-𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙜𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚. 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥’𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙪𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙜𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙝, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚. “𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣,” 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙜𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙝’𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡-𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙭 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙏𝙑 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 2017, 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙’𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚. 𝘼 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨, 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙜𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙣—𝙑𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙑𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖—𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩.

Drumpf is scraping the bottom of the dregs barrel for his toady cabinet nominees and in the process he is making this country a whole helluva lot less secure not just for the men in women in uniform who would be ruled over by Drumpf's rapist and grifter buddy Pete Hegseth, but also for every single American citizen.  This is the freak show that you Trump voters opted for.  Heckuva job you fucking idiots.

--- TFG