Speaking in a powerful, explosive series of comments on the White House lawn, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went nuclear on the woke media for what he characterized as its outright lies and misrepresentations about the state of things inside the Pentagon as he clears out leakers via firings.
As background, the woke media detests Hegseth because he has attacked one of leftism’s main shibboleths, diversity, by going to war with DEI initiatives inside the military, saying that they are discriminatory and destroy readiness. As such, he has fired various woke generals and admirals who, he claims, are in their positions because of DEI. Meanwhile, he has gone to war with leakers, firing those within the Pentagon suspected of leaking sensitive information.
So, when speaking to the media on the White House lawn during the Monday, April 21 Easter festivities, SecDef Hegseth scorched the media. Beginning, he started off positive about the day and Trump, saying, “Hey, we’re happy to be here at the Easter Egg Roll. I’ll tell you that it’s a beautiful day, and President Trump has changed the country, and he’s creating opportunities for families all across America to better their lives. That’s what makes America great again.”
Continuing, Hegseth slammed the media and the leakers, arguing that the media was pushing hoaxes because he fired leakers, saying, “It’s all about the Signal chat controversy. You know, what a big surprise that a bunch of a few leakers get fired, and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out from the same media that peddled the Russia hoax won’t get back their Pulitzers.”
Slamming the media for its lies, such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning Russia Hoax lies, saying that he would buck the trend of not calling them out for being liars. He said, “They got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies, Pulitzers for a bunch of lies, and on hoaxes time and time and time again. And as they pedal those lies, no one ever calls them on it.”
Using that to explain how the woke media acts and how he is changing the Pentagon to resist that malfeasance, Hegseth said, “See, this is what the media does. They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations. Not going to work with me, because we’re changing the Defense Department, putting the Pentagon back in the hands of war fighters, and anonymous smears from disgruntled former employees on old news [doesn’t] matter.”
He then explained that his beloved children are why he fights so hard, saying, “So I’m happy to be here at the Easter Egg Roll with my dad and my kids, because, you know, this is what we’re doing it for these kids right here. This is why we’re fighting the fake news media. This is why we’re fighting slash-and-burn Democrats. This is where we’re fighting hoaxers.”
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Slamming hoax-peddlers once again and using that to roast the media, Hegseth said, “Hoaxers. This group, no, no. This group right here, full of hoaxers that peddle anonymous sources from leakers with axes to grind, and then you put it all together as if it’s some news story, and when we know it, you know exactly what it is.”
Concluding by saying he is proud of how he is fighting to advance the Trump Agenda, Hegseth said, “So I’m really proud of what we’re doing for the President, fighting hard across the board, and I’m going to go roll some Easter eggs with my kids. Have spoken to the President, and we are going to continue fighting on the same page all the way.”
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