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Dems lash out at Trump, Hegseth ‘unhinged’ speech to generals

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02.10.2025
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Dems lash out at Trump, Hegseth ‘unhinged’ speech to generals

House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals.

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Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) characterized Hegseth’s speech — delivered Tuesday at the Quantico Marine base in Northern Virginia and focused on an end to “woke” policies at the Pentagon and a return to “male standards” on the battlefield — as “shameful, chaotic [and] unhinged.”

“We can go down the litany of terrible ideas and policy positions that the secretary mentioned,” Aguilar, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, told reporters in the Capitol. “By the way, [he’s] the most unqualified secretary of Defense that this country has ever seen. So it’s hard to take him [seriously].”

The Democratic leaders also went after President Trump, who addressed the generals at Quantico........

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