Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday testified for the second day in a row before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Hegseth and General Dan Caine, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified on the ongoing Iran conflict.
The US and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran at the end of February.
Hegseth sparred with Democrat Senators but he really ripped into Stolen Valor Senator Richard Blumenthal.
Stolen Valor Blumenthal, for decades, lied about being a ‘war hero’ in the Vietnam War.
Blumenthal did not serve in Vietnam. In fact, he joined the Marine Corps Reserve and received five draft deferments according to military records.
After Blumenthal was exposed for lying about his Vietnam War service, he came out and absurdly claimed that he had merely “misspoken” and really meant to say that he served “during the Vietnam era.”
“A few months into a historic military success in Iran and you want to call it a defeat, and it’s defeatist Democrats like you that cloud the mind of the American people — and would otherwise fully support preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon!” Hegseth said to Blumenthal.
Blumenthal tried to interrupt Hegseth but it didn’t work.
WATCH:
In October President Trump demanded Blumenthal be investigated for lying about his military service:
Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam.
He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” – And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD,” Trump said on Truth Social.
The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate.
It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!
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