Summary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rebuked a reporter who questioned why he selected “an underqualified, retired lieutenant general” John Dan “Razin” Caine to replace Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown.

“I’m going to choose to reject your unqualified question,” Hegseth responded during a meeting with Saudi officials at the Pentagon.

Brown, the second African American to serve as the nation’s top military officer since October 2023, was ousted Friday despite Trump calling him “a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader.”

Before his appointment, Hegseth had advocated firing Brown for pushing “DEI, woke bulls–t.”

    • Billiam
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      773 days ago

      Firing a supremely qualified Black man to replace him with an unqualified white man is exactly the reason why DEI programs are needed in the first place.

    • @yesman
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      303 days ago

      Legacy Hire is the nomenclature I’ve adopted.

    • sp3ctr4l
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      163 days ago

      ARSE

      Alcoholics

      Racists

      Sex Criminals

      Extortionists

    • snooggums
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      173 days ago

      Discrimination, Exclusion, and Indignation

    • @JeeBaiChow
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      133 days ago

      Him too? Its gonna be harder to find the non-rapist in the administration at this point.

      • @just_another_person
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        83 days ago

        I don’t think he remembers what day it is as drunk as he seems to be all the time.

      • FuglyDuck
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        33 days ago

        His momma sure is proud. Her little alcoholic crack baby is all grown up

  • Optional
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    283 days ago

    Hey give him a break, he was shitfaced.

  • frustrated_phagocytosis
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    193 days ago

    Should have said “fails to meet requirements outlined in the law without special exemption from the president”, and follow up with why a white boy needs/deserves exemption since we’re not officially in wartime or other special circumstances that would necessitate such a less qualified white boy hiring

  • @[email protected]
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    103 days ago

    Of course he’s gonna hire somebody unqualified: he wouldn’t know qualified people, he’s a fucking TV show host.

  • Noxy
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    103 days ago

    On top of it all, this was during a meeting with the bonesaw murderers and 9/11 enablers. Just fucking disgusting all around.