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Hegseth prime example of why Americans should get rid of incompetent DUI hires.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Democrats will never learn

Now the the Republicans will definitely not get rid of him

Instead, had the democrats come out celebrating, Hegseth would already be out on his ass

All the Republicans know to do is just the opposite of what democrats want

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

It's funny bcz it's true. Gotta laugh or else we'll just end up crying.

[–] timbuck2themoon 12 points 1 week ago

Honestly doesn't matter what the Democrats do. Republicans learned that their voters will never hold them accountable so why step down?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

The Dems need him right where he is. This isn't his first scandal. Remember on his first morning after celebrating his senate approval, when he had to go on air with a raging hangover to talk about how one of his helicopters just killed a plane load of innocent civilians?

And it won't be his last. We can expect a monthly scandal from him alone, which Dems can use to slam him and the entire administration during mid-terms.

Same with Gabbard, who, as National Security Advisor, should know that she should not be discussing classified details of an imminent op on an unsecure thrid-party platform...with a reporter in the room.

Same with Vance, etc.

We WANT this administration to remain incompetent. These people were approved for the sole reason of "sticking it to the libs," and that mission is accomplished. If these people are fired, they might get replaced with those who actually have some level of competence.

Nah, stick with the idiots. When the time comes, they'll be much easier to beat strategically by a competent militia led by competent military leaders who were fired for their competency, intelligence, and patriotism. Then these treasonous MAGAMorons won't just get fired, they'll get some far worse fate, which they have earned.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Shoulda been like "we applaud this act of transparency and mainstream media olive branch from Hegseth"