Pete Hegseth

I can understand why you said that. I mean, he did. Right. He threatened to kill you.

I can understand why you said that. I mean, he did. Right. He threatened to kill you.

I can understand why you said that. I mean, he did. Right. He threatened to kill you.

It's been devastating on our community. It really has. And there's some people that say, oh, the word damp, like they try to soften it. Oh, you shouldn't use the word damaged. That's the proper way to describe it.

It's been devastating on our community. It really has. And there's some people that say, oh, the word damp, like they try to soften it. Oh, you shouldn't use the word damaged. That's the proper way to describe it.

It's been devastating on our community. It really has. And there's some people that say, oh, the word damp, like they try to soften it. Oh, you shouldn't use the word damaged. That's the proper way to describe it.

I mean, yeah, I yeah, I agree.

I mean, yeah, I yeah, I agree.

I mean, yeah, I yeah, I agree.

So I finish up college. I didn't really want to go to college, but I blew through in like two, two and a half years.

So I finish up college. I didn't really want to go to college, but I blew through in like two, two and a half years.

So I finish up college. I didn't really want to go to college, but I blew through in like two, two and a half years.

You know, my first few months out of the Marine Corps were tough. There's some stuff in my personal life that was happening. My father, this is when the economy is really bad. My father passed away from a drug overdose and then leaving the Marine Corps, leaving a group of guys you had thought were your brothers and living in an apartment by yourself, that had a negative. That was not a fun time.

You know, my first few months out of the Marine Corps were tough. There's some stuff in my personal life that was happening. My father, this is when the economy is really bad. My father passed away from a drug overdose and then leaving the Marine Corps, leaving a group of guys you had thought were your brothers and living in an apartment by yourself, that had a negative. That was not a fun time.

You know, my first few months out of the Marine Corps were tough. There's some stuff in my personal life that was happening. My father, this is when the economy is really bad. My father passed away from a drug overdose and then leaving the Marine Corps, leaving a group of guys you had thought were your brothers and living in an apartment by yourself, that had a negative. That was not a fun time.

I thought it was going to be a blast. I have a bunch of money saved up from deployment. I'm going to go on the GI Bill. I'm going to a party school. And I just eventually just said, hey, I'm just going to get through college. I want to get a job. I got married. And so I just blew through college. And then I got a job working for a member of Congress out in Arizona.

I thought it was going to be a blast. I have a bunch of money saved up from deployment. I'm going to go on the GI Bill. I'm going to a party school. And I just eventually just said, hey, I'm just going to get through college. I want to get a job. I got married. And so I just blew through college. And then I got a job working for a member of Congress out in Arizona.

I thought it was going to be a blast. I have a bunch of money saved up from deployment. I'm going to go on the GI Bill. I'm going to a party school. And I just eventually just said, hey, I'm just going to get through college. I want to get a job. I got married. And so I just blew through college. And then I got a job working for a member of Congress out in Arizona.

And I was primarily focused on veterans' constituent work at first. And that was actually fulfilling, helping veterans get benefits. And I learned a lot about how dysfunctional the VA was and how dysfunctional the Department of Defense was, too, because, you know, helping guys with problems with the DOD. And after two and a half years there, just to be candid, I needed to make more money.

And I was primarily focused on veterans' constituent work at first. And that was actually fulfilling, helping veterans get benefits. And I learned a lot about how dysfunctional the VA was and how dysfunctional the Department of Defense was, too, because, you know, helping guys with problems with the DOD. And after two and a half years there, just to be candid, I needed to make more money.