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Pete Hegseth, President Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, paid $50,000 to a woman alleging sexual assault, according to documents obtained by CNN. cnn.it/4hjp6VI

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Honestly, as a Canadian, I hope he gets in. He is so unqualified for the position that if you try to invade Canada, you’ll most certainly guarantee us a victory. And to my Canadian comrades who are seeing this remember do not correct your enemy when they are making a mistake.

This kind of sht is why you need to put people who can stand up to Trump on primetime. Like Jim Acosta. Grow a spine, @cnn.com. Then your viewers will come back instead of giving up on you in disgust. Especially your digital viewers.

Yeah, he's a fucking rapist. He's a wealthy, alcoholic rapist who gets away with everything because he's white, wealthy & served. FUCK. Just say the facts, quit tiptoeing around it, like it's a fucking mystery novel.

And tRump paid $160k to silence his indiscretion plus the judgement over E Jean Carrol… AND he was elected again! MAGA doesn’t give a damn about personal & moral integrity. So, he will be confirmed

Didn't Trump also pay hush money to a woman? Is it any wonder why that fact didn't deter the president from selecting him? It's probably seen as a wise business transaction.

Just as trump paid off stormy, karen & tried to get away w/ sexually abusine ejean - hegseth is no different - we'll have an alcoholic sex abuser, liar & drunk stumbling through the day w/his wife standing by her little man even his own mother warned against! How depraved have Rs become?!

He'll be able to put that on his government expense account as soon as Trump issues a government executive order to add "payoffs for sexual misdeeds, bribes, and other miscellaneous costs incurred in the execution of a criminal act" as legitimate expenses for his administration's appointees.

Definitely an "anonymous smear" & he paid $50K even though he did nothing. 47 loves that he has 7 kids from 3 moms. Disqualifying but it makes him perfect 4 maga. He shouldn't be rejected based on this. He should be rejected b/c he doesn't have the experience or qualifications to lead DOD. And 🍺🍸

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Jesse Gamble@jessegamble.com

It's bad out there! A large PNW egg farm - Wilcox Farms - sent out a letter explaining that their insurance dropped avian flu coverage, and that literally NO insurance companies will offer coverage for it anymore. So they have to provide their own insurance, to do which they must raise prices

It's extremely important that we are aware of these 'transgressions', but I wish the conversation would focus more on his completely inadequate experience and qualification to do such an important job. Why aren't people talking about what the job entails and how woefully inadequate he would be?!😡

It just doesn’t seem to matter - with 47 as his shield and role model - they both set the standard for acceptable masculinity in the American population, leading the way for previous, current and future generations.

Why don't you report on his absolute fucking incompetence and lack of qualifications. Fuck you CNN. This guy is the poster boy for DEI hires. Do your fucking job. They are all sexual deviants a d predators.

Doesn't $50K seem like a small amount to insure the cowardice of an NDA to stay put? If the victim was willing to break the NDA & testify - there would be a world ready to chip in for legal bills as a result. She shouldn't have to relive the pain- he should step off.

Of course Hegseth's going to get through. It's what Trump wants. Still I'd love to be a fly on the wall the first time Pete's called in unexpectedly and stumbles into the Oval reeking of booze with stripper glitter in his hair

This sounds cold but Hegseth fails to meet the bar for 2 reasons: conduct & no professional qualifications. As a former Capt. USAF, I wouldn't trust him to lead a johnny detail, let alone the Pentagon. Trump wants him as a figure head, that's it.

In addition to being a despicable human being, the other scary thing about having him as defense sec is that the Russians and Chinese can probably dig up more dirt that they can use to blackmail and own him.