I try to write my daily articles objectively and without emotion, especially anger. That has been extremely difficult, especially when writing about Joe Biden and any member of his administration. I find it impossible to write about Elizabeth Warren without letting anger and frustration boil to the surface.
The Senior Senator from Massachusetts embodies all that is wrong with long-tenured politicians in Washington. She is almost always on the wrong side of any issue, and she lacks any semblance of credibility. Whether she is fabricating her heritage for political gain or her vile comments that the CEO of United Healthcare, who was shot dead by a deranged individual upset with the health insurance industry, may have been justified because of the unfair treatment of customers by these companies, you can always count on her moments at the microphone being offensive. She is an almost radical progressive politician whose policies have been detrimental to America but is unbeatable in socialist Massachusetts. This week, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth is in her crosshairs.
A mandatory premise must be in place before you can challenge another individual’s character, and that is to have a high-level character of your own. Senator Elizabeth Warren fails this test. Pete Hegseth had been a fixture at the Capital since the day he was named a nominee by President-Elect Trump, meeting with every Senator he could about his credentials and views of the job he wanted for the next four years. I can find no record of Senator Warren meeting with Hegseth.
Apparently, Warren, who sits on the Armed Services Committee, will be key in the questioning of Hegseth, but she found it necessary to send him an extensive letter prior to his hearing this week. It is customary to request answers to specific questions from a nominee because the time is limited for direct questions in committee. Still, the tone and questions the Senator sent to Hegseth are more accusatory and inflammatory than interrogative. Many of the questions are based on stories that have appeared in social media and already debunked. It is clear this letter was written to smear Hegseth, anger Trump, and get her name in the news. The letter was co-signed by a group of equally questionable Senators who would certainly support Warren.
Senator Warren was joined by the following from the Senate Armed Services Committee, including Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), in writing to Susan Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Chief of Staff, about whether Pete Hegseth’s attitudes toward women, including his opposition to women in combat, and allegations of sexual assault and harassment, disqualify him to be the next Secretary of Defense.
Some of the more than 70 questions and topics sent to Pete Hegseth are:
- Hegseth’s record of organizational mismanagement, “Your record of gross mismanagement of organizations you previously led raises alarm about your ability to manage a department with a budget of almost $850 billion, which accounts for over half of discretionary federal spending,” wrote Senator Warren.
- Reports of Hegseth’s excessive drinking, including at least 11 separate incidents in which Hegseth has been described as drinking excessively or inappropriately, including at work. “At any moment, the Secretary of Defense can be called upon to provide critical national security advice to the president. But you have been repeatedly accused of exhibiting a pattern of alcohol abuse,” wrote the senator. “While I believe we should support individuals with substance use disorders, we cannot have a Secretary of Defense, charged with making essential and critical national security decisions involving life and death, who is also struggling with alcohol abuse.”
- Allegations of sexual assault and harassment by Hegseth.
- Hegseth’s stated opposition to women serving in combat roles in the military,
- Hegseth’s vocal threats to politicize and undermine the military, including purging senior military leaders for civilian leaders’ policy positions.
- Hegseth’s support for war crimes and the use of torture,
- Hegseth’s threat to diversity in the military.
- Hegseth’s advocacy for ‘war’ against political enemies. “Your deliberate choice to frame your differences with a political party as a war calls into question whether you would be able to lead this Department in an apolitical manner,” wrote Senator Warren.
- Hegseth’s opposition to working with allies,
- Hegseth’s criticism of veterans benefits, including raising complaints that veterans groups “encourage veterans to apply for every government benefit they can ever get after they leave the service,” referring to benefits that veterans have earned.
This Warren letter was written and published to incite the Left. There is already almost unanimous dissent for any policy or decision from the Trump Team, but this letter was clearly out of bounds. She would have better served herself and Party if she had gone to the fridge and gotten herself a beer.
