Maize Hirono (D - Hawaii) just asked Hegseth if he knows it’s against military code to be drunk at work lol
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.
Will you invade Panama?
Trump got 77 million votes!
Dan Sullivan (R): Will you go on a date with me?
Hegs: Sure!
Hey white guy, you’ve just said you don’t think the military is sexist. Do you think it’s racist? I say popycock!
Hegs: “I’m an open book!”
“With multiple NDAs?”
Cramer (R): “Holy shit, you’re a Christian? Awesome!”
Warren: “Are you a flip-flopper?”
Hegs: “Lethality!”
Hegs: “Hey, I’m not the only one worried about these chicks in the army!”
Warren: “Will you commit to not grifting after you leave office?”
Hegs: “…no.”
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?”
“Why didn’t you meet with any of the Democrats on this panel before today?”
“Schedules get full.”
Well, if you’ve got “woke,” “DEI,” and “warfighter” on your bingo card, you should be winning easily.
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.
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!”
Dwaynewayne Mullin: Qualifications are bullshit!
ETA: “We’re supposed to ask questions, right? I’ll ask all the panel members questions!”
Mullin: Here’s a softball. Okay, take a mulligan.
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.
Duckworth: You should do some homework.
“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.”