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FightFight

(202 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2024, 07:51 PM Dec 2

Drunken Trump nominee caught on stage with strippers

Source: nj

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense reportedly had to step down from a pair of nonprofit veterans groups he headed after workers filed allegations of mismanagement and sexual misconduct.

The New Yorker reports Pete Hegseth was forced out of Concerned Veterans for America, which he worked as president of from 2013 until 2016, after a whistle-blower report that includes an anecdote of him being held back from trying to dance on a stage with strippers.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/12/drunken-trump-nominee-caught-on-stage-with-strippers.html

“I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times. To have him at the Pentagon would be scary.”

New York Times: Pete Hegseth’s mother wrote him an email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating women https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/pete-hegseth-mother-email-new-york-times/index.html

A previously undisclosed whistle-blower report on Hegseth’s tenure as the president of Concerned Veterans for America, from 2013 until 2016, describes him as being repeatedly intoxicated while acting in his official capacity—to the point of needing to be carried out of the organization’s events.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

Hegseth was one of 12 national guardsmen flagged as a potential insider threat and removed from the group providing security for the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-insider-threat-biden-inauguration/

Woman accused Hegseth of raping her at a 2017 Republican women’s conference in Monterey, California
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/police-report-details-allegations-that-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseth-raped-a-woman-in/article_cc7c633e-a7c7-11ef-9e13-af6d1aa8ed78.html

Hegseth seemed to have played a major role in bankrupting the Vets For Freedom by using funds for endless social events and parties https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5017946-pentagon-pick-hegseth-misconduct/

Pete Hegseth accused of chanting ‘kill all Muslims’ on a drunken night out https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-trump-allegations-history-b2657456.html

Pete Hegseth Published Column Saying Sex with Unconscious Woman Isn't Rape https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-published-column-saying-225600849.html

Pete Hegseth accused of being "white supremacist" by civil rights lawyer https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-white-supremacist-trump-1986435

Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth proudly boasted of never washing his hands: ‘Germs are not real’ | ‘Germs are not a real thing.’ https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-hand-washing-video-viral-secretary-defense-trump-1985448

Donald Trump’s potential secretary of defense hasn’t been straightforward about the violent symbolism of his ink.https://www.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-pete-hegseth-crusader-tattoos

Pete Hegseth Falsely Claims He Was 'Completely Cleared' On Sex Assault Allegation https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-falsely-claims-completely-220040788.html

'Hug goodbye lingered': Writer tells of creepy meeting with 'perfect monster' Pete Hegseth https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2669997939/

Trump's defense pick openly fantasized about military attack on 'domestic enemies': report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book

A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

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Drunken Trump nominee caught on stage with strippers (Original Post) FightFight Dec 2 OP

That's a requirement for the Trump administration these days IronLionZion Dec 2 #1

Boys will be boys,... just out havin' some fun. magicarpet Dec 2 #2

The next morning, he would get all preachy about jayzus and gawd. Crowman2009 Dec 2 #4

Remember the Tailhook incident in 1991? IzzaNuDay Dec 2 #3

Only the best people. republianmushroom Dec 2 #5

John Tower all over again. SouthBayDem Dec 2 #6

John Tower was the head of the Tower Commission RazorbackExpat Dec 3 #7

kick Native Dec 3 #8

Somewhere there must be a video. Only a matter of time . . . Vinca Dec 3 #9

You say that like it is a bad thing mercuryblues Dec 3 #10

IronLionZion

(47,121 posts)

1. That's a requirement for the Trump administration these days

Reply to FightFight (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 08:07 PM

Dec 2

it's the MAGA way.

magicarpet

(16,968 posts)

2. Boys will be boys,... just out havin' some fun.

Reply to FightFight (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 08:26 PM

Dec 2

With Hegseth in charge at the Pentagon,... just imagine the awesome drunken, nude, and naked parties they will have every weekend.

Bring your own date rape drugs.
The liquor will be open bar - courtesy of the American taxpayers.

Yeee Haaaa,... Party Time.

Crowman2009

(2,844 posts)

4. The next morning, he would get all preachy about jayzus and gawd.

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:46 PM

Dec 2

Hypocrisy from the whole lot of them.

IzzaNuDay

(688 posts)

3. Remember the Tailhook incident in 1991?

Reply to FightFight (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 08:41 PM

Dec 2

Pete Hegseth sure didn’t, he was only 11 years old then. Probably never heard of it while he was in the military.

republianmushroom

(18,179 posts)

5. Only the best people.

Reply to FightFight (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:32 PM

Dec 2

And these are the best republican people. Doesn't say to much for republicans and their values.

SouthBayDem

(32,477 posts)

6. John Tower all over again.

Reply to FightFight (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:51 PM

Dec 2

The first Bush failed to nominate him to lead defense because Tower was revealed to be a drinker and sex pest.

RazorbackExpat

(192 posts)

7. John Tower was the head of the Tower Commission

Reply to SouthBayDem (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 07:45 AM

Dec 3

The commission which investigated the Iran-contra scandal, which Bush Sr. claimed he was "out of the loop" on, even though he had been Gerald Ford's CIA director. The Tower Commission's conclusion was very damning for the Reagan/Bush administration, which is why Bush pardoned the known major players in the Christmas Eve Coup of 1992. Tower died in a plane crash in 1991.