Fuck the monstrous piece of shit known as Pete Hegseth. But I gotta give him props for this one, and it might be the only time I ever do. This is the best response I can think of for him to do. I figured that conservatives, especially the true believer Nazi types, were incapable of acknowledging their mistakes. This is as close as he’ll get to saying “I was wrong, and you were right, and I’d like to publicly recognize you for that, especially because you didn’t let power dynamic dissuade you in any way.” This might just be a move to rehabilitate his reputation to avoid impeachment in a couple months, which we shouldn’t fall for, but this was still the right thing to do, even if it was for the wrong reasons.
I’m guessing he’s gonna get fired, impeached, or resign at some point within a year, then run for office somewhere. I don’t think we’re rid of him once he leaves this job. I think his plan c is to go back to conservative media, either a major network or starting his own shitty podcast with testosterone swindle pills.
I’d be a lot more impressed by this move if Hegseth issued an apology — or did literally anything else to demonstrate that he understands why his behavior was distasteful.
He hasn’t done that. He’s trying to score brownie points with a “I support our troops” message without actually acknowledging that he personally did anything wrong.
To be totally fair, and I do not like being fair to Pete Hegseth, awarding the medal is pretty clearly an implicit admission that he was wrong and the soldier was right.
He should still publicly and directly admit that, though.
Fuck the monstrous piece of shit known as Pete Hegseth. But I gotta give him props for this one, and it might be the only time I ever do. This is the best response I can think of for him to do. I figured that conservatives, especially the true believer Nazi types, were incapable of acknowledging their mistakes. This is as close as he’ll get to saying “I was wrong, and you were right, and I’d like to publicly recognize you for that, especially because you didn’t let power dynamic dissuade you in any way.” This might just be a move to rehabilitate his reputation to avoid impeachment in a couple months, which we shouldn’t fall for, but this was still the right thing to do, even if it was for the wrong reasons.
I’m guessing he’s gonna get fired, impeached, or resign at some point within a year, then run for office somewhere. I don’t think we’re rid of him once he leaves this job. I think his plan c is to go back to conservative media, either a major network or starting his own shitty podcast with testosterone swindle pills.
I’d be a lot more impressed by this move if Hegseth issued an apology — or did literally anything else to demonstrate that he understands why his behavior was distasteful.
He hasn’t done that. He’s trying to score brownie points with a “I support our troops” message without actually acknowledging that he personally did anything wrong.
To be totally fair, and I do not like being fair to Pete Hegseth, awarding the medal is pretty clearly an implicit admission that he was wrong and the soldier was right.
He should still publicly and directly admit that, though.
A more cynical take might be to also show the soldier “we know who you are and we’ll be watching you…”