Thai-American Sen. Duckworth Exposes Ignorance of Trump's Defense Secy' Nominee Hegseth

[frank83628]

I don't seem to remember any of Bidens team facing the same scrutiny and media coverage from Reps,  goes to show just how desperate they, and the rinos all are to defy Trump at every turn

[billd766]

4 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Why say Thai-American? It is just senator Duckworth. 

How about the fact that she was born in Bangkok, Thailand on 12 March 1968? Her Father was a US citizen and her Mother was Thai, so she probably has dual nationality.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth

 

She was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and served with the US Army and after a medical waiver, she served in the  Illinois National Guard.

 

In 2004 she lost both legs and partial use of her right arm when her Blackhawk helicopter was hit during the Iraq war.

 

She is NOT just a Senator but a retired  lieutenant colonel military war hero with the decorations to prove it.

 

She served voluntarily, even as a double amputee, and didn't seek deferment because of bone spurs.

[stevenl]

8 hours ago, frank83628 said:

I don't seem to remember any of Bidens team facing the same scrutiny and media coverage from Reps,  goes to show just how desperate they, and the rinos all are to defy Trump at every turn

That's the difference between qualified candidates and the bottom of the barrel that trump is scraping.

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On 1/16/2025 at 9:44 AM, Hanaguma said:

Hegseth is more than qualified. Combat veteran, decorated for valor under fire. Ivy League educational pedigree. Calm under fire. Beloved by the actual troops, if not the MIC.  Made the ranting harpies on the committee look very very bad.  The rest is all smoke and nonsense.

Also beloved of troops who commit war crimes.

[Walker88]

Let's see....US DoD....$840,000,000,000 yearly budget, 3,000,000 employees

 

Qualified? Hegseth ran two non-profit organizations (Veterans for Freedom, Concerned Veterans for America) and was fired from both due to documented evidence of financial mismanagement, as well as sexual impropriety and misconduct. Staff at Concerned Veterans of America say Hegseth was regularly drunk, often had to be restrained, and even passed out in drunken stupors.

 

He later set up a PAC---MN PAC---where he used a third of the donations for staff Christmas parties.

 

Yup, in MAGAstan, he's absolutely qualified.

 

If a couple of Repub Senators had a pair, rather than being in abject fear of a mean Tweet, he would not be confirmed. Senators such as Thune, McConnell, Lankford, even the "confirmed bachelor" Lindsey Graham, know full well Hegseth is unqualified, but all lack the balls to stand up to 47. There are no real men in the Republican Party, just pretend Alpha males, like the Snowflake-in-Chief.

 

 

[HappyExpat57]

2 hours ago, Walker88 said:

Let's see....US DoD....$840,000,000,000 yearly budget, 3,000,000 employees

 

Qualified? Hegseth ran two non-profit organizations (Veterans for Freedom, Concerned Veterans for America) and was fired from both due to documented evidence of financial mismanagement, as well as sexual impropriety and misconduct. Staff at Concerned Veterans of America say Hegseth was regularly drunk, often had to be restrained, and even passed out in drunken stupors.

 

He later set up a PAC---MN PAC---where he used a third of the donations for staff Christmas parties.

 

Yup, in MAGAstan, he's absolutely qualified.

 

If a couple of Repub Senators had a pair, rather than being in abject fear of a mean Tweet, he would not be confirmed. Senators such as Thune, McConnell, Lankford, even the "confirmed bachelor" Lindsey Graham, know full well Hegseth is unqualified, but all lack the balls to stand up to 47. There are no real men in the Republican Party, just pretend Alpha males, like the Snowflake-in-Chief.

 

 

Haven't we realized yet the only two qualifications needed: superb ass-kissery and great hair?

[theblether]

ASEAN is not a military alliance. 

 

The idea that Hegseth doesn't know the members of ASEAN makes him unsuitable is laughable. 

 

Duckworth was an idiot for bringing that up. Anyone celebrating her genuinely worthless "gotcha" deserves the same title. 

 

Idiotic.  

[stevenl]

15 minutes ago, theblether said:

ASEAN is not a military alliance. 

 

The idea that Hegseth doesn't know the members of ASEAN makes him unsuitable is laughable. 

 

Duckworth was an idiot for bringing that up. Anyone celebrating her genuinely worthless "gotcha" deserves the same title. 

 

Idiotic.  

I would say that's basic knowledge for the secretary of defense.