Republican members of the powerful House Armed Forces Committee are calling on the president to dismiss Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth because of growing pressure amid allegations of “chaotic”.
Rep. Don Bacon’s croaked comments came after the president defended his embattled Pentagon chief on the annual White House Easter egg roll.
Even reports have been reported that he maintained a second private signaling group chat group, which included his wife and brother, he was supported after discussing the upcoming military attack.
Nebraska state legislator told politicsbecoming the first Republican to call on Heggs to go.
“I like him on the fox,” Bacon said of the former cable commentator. “But does he have experience leading one of the largest organizations in the world? That’s a question.
Bacon made a stunning remark in the publication of John Ullyot, former Pentagon press secretary in Hegseth.
Ullyot, a Marine Veterinarian who served as a White House national security spokesperson during Trump’s first term, announced his resignation from the Pentagon on Wednesday.
Entering the fry: Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Pete Hegseth
Uliott calls himself “Long-term supporter of the secretary,” but went on to write that the Pentagon was trapped in a “mature collapse” and “total chaos” amid the signal chat scandal.
“The dysfunction now is the president’s main distraction – he should get better work from senior leadership,” he said. He even continued to predict: ‘IIt’s hard to see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth play for longer.
He had pushed the Maga agenda inside the Pentagon by forcing traditional media outlets to leave the workspace, and then sent a chaotic commentary defending the decision to delete a page in recognition of baseball Jackie Robinson’s military service.
Bacon and Eggs: Trump defends his cabinet secretary against Bacon’s criticism in White House Easter egg roll
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
Trump pulled the development from the White House Easter egg roll on Monday, refuting criticism from his former aide.
“It’s just fake news, they just come up with stories, and I guess it sounds like a disgruntled employee. You know he was put there to get rid of a lot of bad guys, and that’s what he was doing. When you do this, you don’t always have friends. ” Trump said.
Hegseth insists that he and Trump are “on the same page” in the same incident.
Three senior Pentagon staff were on leave over the weekend as part of a leak investigation they claimed were being made, creating an electric vacuum.
The Pentagon IG said after the first signal chat controversy, it involved Hegseth sharing information about the attack on Yemen’s Hotis in a group chat created by National Security Adviser Mike Mike Waltz. Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally included.
For example, “Newly Revealed Signal Chat”, New York Timeswas created by Heggs himself.
