Military veteran and former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth is on the Hill Tuesday fielding questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee about his nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense in President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration.
Hegseth, 44, is facing questions about his past comments on women, his anti-woke stance, and his experience as a soldier and working with veterans.
Hegseth tried to get ahead of questions about his outsider status during his opening statement.
“It is true that I don’t have a similar biography to Defense Secretaries of the last 30 years… we’ve repeatedly placed people atop the Pentagon with supposedly “the right credentials”—whether they are retired generals, academics, or defense contractor executives—and where has it gotten us?”
.@PeteHegseth: “It is true that I don’t have a similar biography to Defense Secretaries of the last 30 years… we’ve repeatedly placed people atop the Pentagon with supposedly “the right credentials”—whether they are retired generals, academics, or defense contractor… pic.twitter.com/2oAX0ip9O9
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 14, 2025
Highlights from Hegseth’s hearing below:
🚨 HOLY SH*T!
Pete Hegseth just totally dismantled the left-wing media smears against him in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“Our left-wing media doesn’t CARE about the truth. All they want to do is destroy ME – because I am a change agent, a threat to them.”… pic.twitter.com/JqcgzafC4p
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 14, 2025
JUST IN: Sen Kristen Gillibrand has a total meltdown during Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, whines about his comments regarding transgenders in the military.
This is what a professional actor looks like, folks.
“You’re basically saying women, after they have children,… pic.twitter.com/cr994ADJkB
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 14, 2025
Pete Hegseth just announced that thousands of troops who were fired over the “experimental” COVID vaccine will be “apologized to and reinstated with pay and rank.”
Absolutely huge news.
These are some of the best troops we’ve ever had with unshakable courage to do what’s right. pic.twitter.com/3hntqFHC73
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 14, 2025
PETE HEGSETH: “We won WW2 with 7 four star generals. Today we have 44 four star generals… we don’t need more bureaucracy at the top, we need more war fighters empowered at the bottom.”
🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/7yATY747W2
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 14, 2025
