It’s become more and more clear that the establishment in both political parties is absolutely terrified of former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of Defense, along with liberals in the mainstream media. Why would they be going after this guy so hard otherwise? It wouldn’t make sense to expend this amount of time and energy on a cabinet pick if there wasn’t something about the individual that raised your hackles.
And what makes the left really quake in their boots is that Hegseth has now learned how to handle the insane level of attacks he’s receiving from the media. After all, Democrats rely on propagandists in the media to create narratives that push their agenda. If a person on the other side of the spectrum learns how to handle the media and shut it down, that halts their progress.
On Wednesday morning, Hegseth took to social media platform X where he posted his letter of acceptance to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as a means of rebutting claims coming out in a forthcoming hit piece from a left-wing news outlet.
The report hasn’t even been published as of this writing, but this guy is already ahead of it, smashing it to bits and exposing its lies. Hegseth is the man.
“We understand that ProPublica (the Left Wing hack group) is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999,” Hegseth wrote, said according to a report from The Western Journal. “Here’s my letter of acceptance signed by West Point Superintendent, Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, US Army.”
We understand that ProPublica (the Left Wing hack group) is planning to publish a knowingly false report that I was not accepted to West Point in 1999.
Here’s my letter of acceptance signed by West Point Superintendent, Lieutenant General Daniel Christman, US Army. pic.twitter.com/UOhOVZSfhJ
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) December 11, 2024
The ProPublica story, should it materialize, would represent merely the latest attempt by the establishment media to smear Hegseth. Indeed, one such smear came earlier this month in an anonymously-sourced NBC News story that accused Hegseth of excessive drinking. Many of Hegseth’s former colleagues at Fox News went on record to refute that hit piece. Meanwhile, Hegseth himself has followed Trump’s example by refusing to back down from the hostile media. Of course, establishment media hit pieces merely provide cover for those who already oppose Hegseth. The real fight involves Republican senators who must vote to confirm the president-elect’s nominee.
Some of those senators, widely regarded as RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) by many of Trump’s most avid MAGA supporters, have publicly hesitated to support Hegseth. Prominent MAGA supporters on X have responded by threatening to challenge those senators with primary opponents in 2026.
For instance, last week “Catturd,” a hilarious Trump-supporting account with more than 3.2 million followers on X, posted a 2022 Fox News screen shot showing Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming’s nearly 40-point drubbing of then-congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Trump nemesis.
“This is your future if you don’t approve Trump’s cabinet picks. I promise we will make this happen your primary loss will be historic,” Catturd stated as a response to Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa.
This is your future if you don’t approve Trump’s cabinet picks. I promise we will make this happen 👇your primary loss will be historic. pic.twitter.com/CGaqlJxmu1
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) December 5, 2024
Ernst did come out on Monday and express her support for Hegseth as Defense Secretary. Coincidence? Or did Catturd, which might just be the greatest social media handle ever created, influence her decision by presenting her with the potential consequences of not coming alongside Trump and his cabinet pick? We’ll probably never know.
As MAGA continues to apply pressure to the establishment politicians who still remain in the GOP, I think it’s getting more and more likely that we’re going to see the vast majority of the president-elect’s cabinet choices confirmed in the Senate. Including Hegseth.
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