{"id":2394936,"date":"2025-01-24T16:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warrens-new-attack-on-pete-hegseth-flops-she-seems-to-have-forgotten-what-bidens-sec-of-defense-did\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:56:11","slug":"elizabeth-warrens-new-attack-on-pete-hegseth-flops-she-seems-to-have-forgotten-what-bidens-sec-of-defense-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warrens-new-attack-on-pete-hegseth-flops-she-seems-to-have-forgotten-what-bidens-sec-of-defense-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s New Attack on Pete Hegseth Flops &#8211; She Seems to Have Forgotten What Biden&#8217;s Sec. of Defense Did"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felizabeth-warrens-new-attack-on-pete-hegseth-flops-she-seems-to-have-forgotten-what-bidens-sec-of-defense-did%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Democratic Senator Elizabeth\u2064 warren&#8217;s strong \u200dopposition to President Trump&#8217;s nominee\u200b for Secretary of \u200cDefense, Pete Hegseth. \u200bDuring Hegseth&#8217;s confirmation hearing, Warren criticized\u200d him, arguing that he would not be \u2064reliably available for critical military decisions, citing concerns about his alleged alcohol issues. Warren emphasized the importance of the Secretary of Defense being &#8220;ready \u200cto go 24 hours a \u200dday, 365 days a year&#8221; \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-announces-new-restrictions-on-advanced-tech-investment-in-china\/\" title=\"New limits on China&#039;s advanced tech investment announced by White House.\">ensure national \u2064security<\/a>.\u200d However,the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">article counters<\/a> her argument\u200b by highlighting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durham-appears-to-squeeze-schiff-zinger-into-trump-russia-probe-testimony\/\" title=\"Durham&#039;s Testimony Suggests Schiff&#039;s Zinger in Trump-Russia Probe\">past incident involving<\/a> former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin,who was not \u2064clear about his\u200c whereabouts during a\u200d medical emergency. The \u200cpiece suggests that Warren&#8217;s criticisms are unfounded \u200dand calls her\u2064 line\u200b of attack against Hegseth weak and ineffective.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren will not give up her crusade against President Donald Trump&rsquo;s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>Warren came out as a stern opponent of Hegseth for the job during the latter&rsquo;s hearing in front of the Armed Services Committee on January 14.<\/p>\n<p>Although Warren wasn&rsquo;t the only Democrat to screech and whine incessantly at Hegseth during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hearing-room-erupts-laughter-pete-hegseth-turns-elizabeth-warrens-gotcha-question-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her allotted time to speak<\/a>, she did make a fool of herself in a manner that only she could.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip posted to social media platform X on Friday, Warren proved she wasn&rsquo;t done looking stupid just yet. Speaking to MSNBC, the Massachusetts senator indicated Hegseth was unfit because she feared he would not be present and responsive at all times in matters of military preparedness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elizabeth Warren attempts swing at Pete Hegseth, wrecks herself instead:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Secretary of Defense has to be ready to go 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, Lloyd Austin disappeared for days without informing the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&#129313;&#127758; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XezZAJRrOx\">pic.twitter.com\/XezZAJRrOx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternLensman\/status\/1882792755379974153?\">January 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As one of the Democrats&rsquo; preferred lines of attack against Hegseth seems to be his relationship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-camp-calls-presidents-brother-alcoholic-disputes-official-dropout-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alcohol<\/a>, Warren tried to home in on that, essentially saying Hegseth would be too busy drinking to do his job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is the secretary of defense who makes the call on, &lsquo;It&rsquo;s now time to call the president. If so, what am I going to tell the president?&#8217;&rdquo; Warren said, trying to impress the importance of the job on viewers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Secretary of defense has to be ready to go twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year,&rdquo; she continued, setting up her big moment in trying to say why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hegseth-scores-big-win-one-massive-hurdle-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hegseth<\/a> was wrong for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Warren kept up: &ldquo;Look, I understand there are people who have alcohol problems, but we cannot trust the safety of our country to someone who has demonstrated repeatedly using very bad judgment with alcohol and doing it in ways that truly have incapacitated him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Whatever Hegseth&rsquo;s relationship with alcohol is, Warren&rsquo;s point here is that she fears he may not be available at all times when he&rsquo;s needed to keep America safe.<\/p>\n<p>Surely former Secretary of Defense Llyod Austin &mdash; appointed by former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-haitian-man-flips-ice-job-biden-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden <\/a>&mdash; was always primed and ready, keeping to president informed of his whereabouts at all times, right?<\/p>\n<p>Wrong.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/democrats-baffled-lloyd-austins-disappearance-1858807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek reported<\/a> Austin checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment due to complications from an elective surgery on Monday, January 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and other officials were not made aware of Austin&rsquo;s admittance until Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Austin&rsquo;s whereabouts were unknown to Biden for three days.<\/p>\n<p>He was not &ldquo;ready to go&rdquo; to use Warren&rsquo;s phrasing.<\/p>\n<p>This line of attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senate-crones-pecking-at-hegseth-ignore-devastating-study-on-women-in-combat-from-the-marine-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against Hegseth<\/a> is a pretty weak one but unsurprising considering who it&rsquo;s coming from.<\/p>\n<p>We understand, senator. You won&rsquo;t vote for Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>Now do everyone a favor and stop talking about it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During Hegseth&#8217;s hearing before the Armed Services Committee on January 14, Warren strongly criticized him. While she wasn&#8217;t the only Democrat to voice concerns, her remarks stood out for their intensity. In a recent interview with MSNBC, she expressed doubts about Hegseth&#8217;s suitability for the role, suggesting he might not be consistently available for military matters. Warren emphasized that the secretary of defense must be ready at all times and questioned Hegseth&#8217;s judgment regarding alcohol use. However, this criticism seems weak given past instances where former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was unavailable without notifying officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2394937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/these-two-24.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,34813,44930],"class_list":["post-2394936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-pete-hegseth"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/these-two-24.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394940,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394936\/revisions\/2394940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}