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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, continues to make his rounds on Capitol Hill, meeting with squishy Republican senators ahead of his nomination hearing.

The media has done its part to pump life into another shameless DC smear campaign, as the decorated combat veteran is being “Kavanaugh-ed” by the opposition. For his part, Hegseth remains focused on the task at hand and, as a former Fox News host, understands what he’s up against with the media, which surrounds him like a pack of jackals as he walks the halls of Congress.

On Thursday, one of these jackals was fishing for a soundbite and asked Hegseth if gay people should be allowed to serve in the military. The question stems from a CNN propaganda piece claiming Hegseth “has repeatedly criticized policies allowing gay people to serve openly in the US military, calling them part of a ‘Marxist’ agenda to prioritize social justice over combat readiness.”

Hegseth was quick to say he did, prompting a follow-up from the reporter, “Can you just respond to the CNN report this morning? It was highlighting some of your previous comments, saying —”

“I don’t feel the need to respond to CNN,” Hegseth interrupted the reporter, lowering the boom without missing a beat.

Will Cain, a former colleague of Hegseth’s at Fox News, shared the video clip along with this take: “The evolution of a legacy brand from biased…to agenda…to propaganda…to embarrassment…to irrelevant.”

Remarkably, the reporter continued to fish, “You are comfortable with gay people serving openly in the military?”

“Did you hear what I said there?” Hegseth shot back.

Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on Elon Musk’s free speech platform X, which is quickly overcoming corporate media as the go-to news source in America.

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