Article in Meditite by Joe DePaolo. 12/4/24
Headline: “Pete Hegseth Trashes the Media With His SecDef Candidacy On the Ropes: ‘They Smear’ With ‘BS Stories’”
“President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to be the next Secretary of Defense — is going after the media, following a series of unflattering reports which have put his candidacy in jeopardy.”
“In a Wednesday morning post to X, Hegseth — a former Fox News host — attacked what he called the “BS stories” which have come out about him in recent days.
“ ‘I’m doing this for the warfighters, not the warmongers,’ Hegseth wrote. ‘The Left is afraid of disrupters and change agents. They are afraid of @realDonaldTrump — and me. So they smear w/fake, anonymous sources & BS stories. They don’t want truth. Our warriors never back down, & neither will I.’ ”