Hegseth dismantles coordinated smear campaign against him orchestrated in the media, to destroy me

Pete Hegseth panned what he called “coordinated smear campaign” against his nomination to lead the Pentagon. “What became very evident to us from the beginning — there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us. That was clear from moment one,” Hegseth said. “And what we knew is it wasn’t about me. Most of it was against President Donald Trump.”

He added that he didn’t immediately understand “the depth” behind that campaign, noting his opponents are “out to destroy me” because “I’m a “change agent.” “I’m willing to endure these attacks. But what I will do is stand up for the truth and for my reputation,” he added.

The comments came in response to Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who asked him to respond to the multiple reports of questionable actions by Hegseth in his past work experiences and personal life.

Hegseth is right — The status quo won’t cut it anymore. Accountability must be returned to the Department of Defense, and America must return to being a military leader on the world stage. Pete is the man for the job.

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Hegseth dismantles coordinated smear campaign against him orchestrated in the media, to destroy me

Key Points

Pete Hegseth panned what he called “coordinated smear campaign” against his nomination to lead the Pentagon

• “What became very evident to us from the beginning — there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us
• That was clear from moment one,” Hegseth said
• “And what we knew is it wasn’t about me

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• We undertook this responsibility with an obligation to the troops to do right by them for our war fighters
• And what we came very evident to us from the beginning, there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us
• And what we knew is that it wasn’t about me
• Most of it was about President Donald Trump, who’s had to endure the very same thing for much longer amounts of time
• We didn’t understand the depth of the dishonesty that would come with it
• So from story after story in the media, left-wing media, we saw anonymous source after anonymous source based on second or third hand accounts
• And time and time again stories would come out and people would reach out to me and say, you know, I’ve read, I’ve spoken to this reporter about who you really are and I was willing to go on the record
• Or I’ve worked with you for 10 years or I was your accountant or I was your chief operating officer or I was your board member or I was with you on a hundred different tour stops for concerned veterans for America
• No one asked about your conduct on the record or off the record
• Instead, a small handful of anonymous sources were allowed to drive a smear campaign and agenda about me because our left-wing media in America today sadly doesn’t care about the truth

Full transcript: 568 words transcribed via Whisper AI.