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Pete Hegseth snaps at reporter asking about ‘underqualified’ military chief (www.thedailybeast.com)

submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Summary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rebuked a reporter who questioned why he selected "an underqualified, retired lieutenant general" John Dan "Razin" Caine to replace Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown.

"I'm going to choose to reject your unqualified question," Hegseth responded during a meeting with Saudi officials at the Pentagon.

Brown, the second African American to serve as the nation's top military officer since October 2023, was ousted Friday despite Trump calling him "a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader."

Before his appointment, Hegseth had advocated firing Brown for pushing "DEI, woke bulls--t."

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[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 121 points 2 years ago

DEI but it's for white men

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago

Firing a supremely qualified Black man to replace him with an unqualified white man is exactly the reason why DEI programs are needed in the first place.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Legacy Hire is the nomenclature I've adopted.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Discrimination, Exclusion, and Indignation

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago

ARSE

Alcoholics

Racists

Sex Criminals

Extortionists

[-] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago

You mean the rapist peter hegseth?

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Him too? Its gonna be harder to find the non-rapist in the administration at this point.

[-] brightandshinyobject@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Seems to be part of the requirements.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago

What an absolute fucking embarrassment.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For Hegseth, it was a Tuesday.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I don't think he remembers what day it is as drunk as he seems to be all the time.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

His momma sure is proud. Her little alcoholic crack baby is all grown up

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Hey give him a break, he was shitfaced.

[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 19 points 2 years ago

Should have said "fails to meet requirements outlined in the law without special exemption from the president", and follow up with why a white boy needs/deserves exemption since we're not officially in wartime or other special circumstances that would necessitate such a less qualified white boy hiring

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

What fragile little children.

With guns.

[-] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 2 years ago

Of course he's gonna hire somebody unqualified: he wouldn't know qualified people, he's a fucking TV show host.

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 10 points 2 years ago

On top of it all, this was during a meeting with the bonesaw murderers and 9/11 enablers. Just fucking disgusting all around.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Unforced error number ? out of ????

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