Ep. 2117 - WAR FIGHTER: Hegseth Stuns Democrats At Confirmation Hearing
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How did Pete Hegseth stun Democrats during his Senate confirmation hearing?
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Well, folks, a lot is going on. Senator Marco Rubio, who is the nominee for secretary of state, he is having his hearing today. Pam Bondi, the attorney general nominee, she's having her hearing today. But the big story of the day is what Pete Hegseth did as secretary of defense nominee in front of a Senate committee yesterday during his Senate hearing. We'll get to all that in a moment. First, remember, history is happening. You can watch it live with us here at The Daily Wire. We will be live in Washington, D.C. for Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th president of the United States. Do not miss a second of it. Plus, celebrate with 47% off your Daily Wire Plus annual membership. Join us at dailywire.com slash subscribe using code 47.
So, Democrats thought that they were going to be able to get Pete Hegseth in the crosshairs, and then they were going to be able to do serious damage to Pete Hegseth and to Republicans for having nominated Pete Hegseth. Boy, were they wrong. The Wall Street Journal writes, during a Senate hearing, Hegseth pledged to restore the U.S. military's warrior culture, declaring his service as a National Guard junior officer in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the U.S. military prison at Gitmo would bring a needed refocus to a Pentagon he claimed was concerned more with diversity and equity than lethality and readiness. And Hegseth was great, like not just good, great, iconically great yesterday in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Democrat after Democrat lined up to attack him, particularly on his personal life, and Hegseth weathered it like a champ. He came back at them where they said particularly stupid things. And he said some things that need to be said. This is a very different Secretary of Defense nominee. Not only is he a person who actually served in the infantry, not only is he a person who's quite bright, obviously he has degrees from both Harvard and Princeton, But Hegseth also has the perspective of the guy on the ground who actually has to do the fighting. He is not a political general who is elevated through the ranks for being able to get along with his superiors. That's not who Pete Hegseth is. He's an outsider who's being brought in to shake things up.
Because guess what? The Department of Defense needs a good shaking up. He said a lot of things yesterday. Many of them were quite wonderful. Here, for example, is Pete Hegseth yesterday. He was being questioned about his adherence to things like the Geneva Conventions and his comments that American warfighters have to be given the ability to actually win. The answer to that, by the way, is absolutely yes. Here was Hegseth yesterday talking about the difference between the guys in the air-conditioned offices and the guys with their boots on the ground.
We are a country that fights by the rule of law, and our men and women always do. And yet we have too many people here in air-conditioned offices that like to point fingers at the guys in dark and dangerous places, the gals in helicopters in enemy territory who are doing things that people in Washington, D.C. would never dare to do.
That is exactly right. That is exactly right. The Department of Defense should be about destroying the enemy. And the attempts of so many on the left to hamstring our ability to actually win wars using every tool at their disposal, including lawfare, is awful. And Hegseth is going to put an end to it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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How did Pete Hegseth stun Democrats during his Senate confirmation hearing?
0:00–8:43
2
What arguments did senators use to challenge Hegseth on women in combat roles?
8:43–17:41
3
Why did Democrats focus intensely on Hegseth’s nomination instead of other nominees?
17:41–26:01
4
How did the House pass a bill protecting women’s sports and who supported it?
26:01–34:32
5
What did Jimmy Kimmel say that made Ben Shapiro cry on the show?
34:32–43:26
6
What defense‑policy reforms did the Palantir CTO discuss with Ben Shapiro?
43:26–51:32
7
How does Ben Shapiro propose fixing the Department of Defense’s procurement monopsony?
51:32–1:00:50
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Why does Shapiro believe America must re‑industrialize and leverage AI to stay competitive?
1:00:50–1:08:57
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