# Pete Hegseth Confirmation hearing **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 14, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964 "2025-01-14T15:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/21 "2025-01-14T16:34:32Z")
Maize Hirono (D - Hawaii) just asked Hegseth if he knows it’s against military code to be drunk at work lol ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/22 "2025-01-14T16:34:35Z")
Senator Hirono: Softball Hegs: Swing and miss! Senator Hirono: Softball Hegs: Swing and miss! Senator Hirono: Softball Hegs: Swing and miss! Senator Hirono: Softball Hegs: Swing and miss! It just keeps going. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/23 "2025-01-14T16:35:02Z")
Will you invade Panama? Trump got 77 million votes! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/24 "2025-01-14T16:38:40Z")
Dan Sullivan (R): Will you go on a date with me? Hegs: Sure! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/25 "2025-01-14T16:42:23Z")
Hey white guy, you’ve just said you don’t think the military is sexist. Do you think it’s racist? I say popycock! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/26 "2025-01-14T16:50:46Z")
Hegs: “I’m an open book!” “With multiple NDAs?” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/27 "2025-01-14T16:54:31Z")
Cramer (R): “Holy shit, you’re a Christian? Awesome!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/28 "2025-01-14T17:19:50Z")
Warren: “Are you a flip-flopper?” Hegs: “Lethality!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/29 "2025-01-14T17:20:55Z")
Hegs: “Hey, I’m not the only one worried about these chicks in the army!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/30 "2025-01-14T17:22:35Z")
Warren: “Will you commit to not grifting after you leave office?” Hegs: “…no.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/31 "2025-01-14T17:25:38Z")
Tuberville: “Questions are stupid, I’ll just give you a sloppy verbal blowjob.” ETA: ETA: shit, he finally asked a question! “How do we fix all this made-up shit?” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/32 "2025-01-14T17:32:29Z")
“Why didn’t you meet with any of the Democrats on this panel before today?” “Schedules get full.” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/33 "2025-01-14T17:33:40Z")
Well, if you’ve got “woke,” “DEI,” and “warfighter” on your bingo card, you should be winning easily. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/34 "2025-01-14T17:36:29Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > When did “warfighter” become a word? Did something happen to “soldier”?   Warfighter has been a thing as long as I’ve been associated with the US miltary (early 1980s). “Soldier” is specific to U.S. Army. Each service has its own name for its members, and calling all and any of them “soldier” without regard to their service branch is a sure sign of an ignorant civilian. And even if Hegseth is an actively evil reprobate, I’d at least expect him to honor the forms and use the correct multi-service terminology. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/35 "2025-01-14T17:37:34Z")
Peters (D): you’ve complained about lowering standards for the military, why should we lower our standards to hire you? Hegs: “I’m grateful to be hired!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/36 "2025-01-14T17:39:46Z")
Dwaynewayne Mullin: Qualifications are bullshit! ETA: “We’re supposed to ask questions, right? I’ll ask all the panel members questions!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/37 "2025-01-14T17:42:38Z")
Mullin: Here’s a softball. Okay, take a mulligan. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/38 "2025-01-14T17:50:47Z")
Duckworth: Yes or no? Hegseth: Blah-de-blah— Duckworth: Yes or no? Hegseth: Oogly-boogly, uh— Duckworth: Yes or no? Hegseth: Argle-bargle, oogly-boogly— Duckworth: Yes or no? Lather, rinse, repeat for the next minute or two. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/39 "2025-01-14T17:51:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Duckworth Duckworth: You should do some homework. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964/40 "2025-01-14T17:55:54Z")
“What are you going to do about all the fat kids who aren’t qualified to join the military?” Hegs: “We lowered the standards for the stupid kids.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing/1012964.md?page=3)