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Hegseth Routinely Passed Out from Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says​

Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign’​


“Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon, regularly abused alcohol to the point that he passed out at family gatherings, and once needed to be dragged out of a strip club while in uniform, according to an ex-relative’s account of his behavior that was given to U.S. lawmakers and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The sworn statement, submitted in response to a request from Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, was signed by Hegseth’s former sister in law, Danielle Hegseth. It states that she was with Hegseth when he passed out from drunkenness in the bathroom of a bar in Minneapolis in about 2013. It also describes another night, when she said Hegseth drank so much at a restaurant in Minneapolis that the Uber driver had to pull over on Interstate 94 so he could throw up.

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In the sworn statement, Hegseth’s former sister-in-law also said that Hegseth’s ex-wife, Samantha, told her that she once hid from Hegseth in a closet because she feared for her personal safety, sometime between 2014 and 2016.

She said that Samantha had a “code word” with her and another person close to her and that Samantha had made a plan in case she needed to get away from Hegseth. Danielle Hegseth said that Samantha texted the code to her in 2015 or 2016. She said the code meant that she should call the other person to fly out to Minnesota to help Samantha, which Danielle said she did. …”

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That code word story is a serious allegation — long term fear generating a safety plan, not just that one night he was scary drunk (which would be bad enough, but not indicative of a pattern).
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I was kind of surprised he pardoned them. Vance made similar statements. I would have thought all of Trump's nominee's and his VP would have been on the same page with him. Maybe it was a trial balloon. Vance got booed when he said Trump likely wouldn't pardon anyone who attacked a police officer.
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It’s likely Trump doesn’t actually know exactly what his Sharpie was doing when he signed his name. There’s no way he understood or even read the EOs. Someone wrote them, gave him a synopsis free of nuance or implications, and he signed and preened before the cameras.
 
Get rid of all coloreds lol

[MOD NOTE - @OGtruthhurts I am not sure of your intent with this remark but this sort of racial slur crosses an important line notwithstanding our attempt to provide folks room for strong language and aggressive opinionating.]
 
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lawtig02 said:
Let's start with Heritage's own definition --

"Conservatism is an ideology rooted in American founding principles. It prioritizes individual choice and rights over big government, one-size-fits-all solutions and viewpoints."

www.heritage.org

Conservatism | The Heritage Foundation

Since our founding in 1973, The Heritage Foundation has been working to advance the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
www.heritage.org www.heritage.org

In other words, anti-MAGA.
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You're correct. MAGA, and the current Republican Party, isn't conservative. The best description for it would be populist authoritarian fascist. The only real conservatives left in the US were long ago labelled RINO and exiled from the party.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I was kind of surprised he pardoned them. Vance made similar statements. I would have thought all of Trump's nominee's and his VP would have been on the same page with him. Maybe it was a trial balloon. Vance got booed when he said Trump likely wouldn't pardon anyone who attacked a police officer.
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I don't think it would have mattered if they both would have known and advised against it. trump was going to do what he wanted because not pardoning all is an admission that there was some culpability.
 
nycfan said:


The United States is not a predator. JFC.
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Funny how Pubs are always screeching about America's sovereignty in various contexts but then are like "Let's take Greenland" or "We should annex Canada." They have zero respect for the sovereignty of other nations. Situational ethics and morality as always with the GQP.
 
lawtig02 said:
Whatever form it takes, I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the next four years will see a MASSIVE expansion of executive power at the expense of the legislature, the courts and the states. I still can’t figure out how so many people who think of themselves as small government advocates have been deluded into supporting this movement. I don’t think it’s a stretch at all to say that Democrats are more conservative than 2025’s version of MAGA.
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You go from 3 branches of government down to 1 - that’s smaller.

It’s simple math.

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Never mind. I see that Altmin beat me to it
 
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