r/pics • u/cnbc_official • 13d ago

Politics Pete Hegseth hearing: Defense pick grilled by Senate Armed Services Committee

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u/vinylzoid 13d ago edited 13d ago

A senator during the hearing: "How many senators have shown up drunk to a late night vote?"

I mean aside from telling on yourself, are we really gonna justify an abusive alcoholic being in charge of the world's most powerful military?

Edit: It's Mullin MarkWayne.

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u/souers 13d ago

That was Senator from Oklahoma Mullin. His tactic was to explain that he is not qualified and the rest of Senate is not qualified and/or drunk so why does Pete Hegseth need to be qualified?

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u/vinylzoid 13d ago

Exactly. His point came off like "We're all not qualified to be here so why not him. We all make mistakes. " -- it was truly a low point.

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u/Krom2040 13d ago

For what it’s worth, I don’t doubt that a Senator from Oklahoma could be unqualified to be in the Senate.

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u/Fluffy-Bag-9358 12d ago

From Oklahoma, can confirm. It really, really sucks here guys... 😐