{"id":2415855,"date":"2025-03-26T20:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-fundraise-off-signal-chat-leak-outrage-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T20:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:46:39","slug":"democrats-capitalize-on-outrage-from-the-signal-chat-leak-to-boost-fundraising-efforts-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-capitalize-on-outrage-from-the-signal-chat-leak-to-boost-fundraising-efforts-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats capitalize on outrage from the Signal chat leak to boost fundraising efforts &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fdemocrats-capitalize-on-outrage-from-the-signal-chat-leak-to-boost-fundraising-efforts-washington-examiner%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=2415855&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 how Democratic senators are leveraging the accidental leak of classified information via the Signal app, connected to the Trump administration, as a fundraising prospect. Senators Ruben Gallego,Mark Kelly,and Kirsten Gillibrand criticize Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&#8217;s handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a> and call for his resignation,claiming he is unqualified for his role. They argue that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">incident endangered military personnel<\/a> and reflects broader incompetence within the Trump administration. Each senator has launched fundraising campaigns aimed at mobilizing support against Hegseth and raising funds,with emails highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-prosecutes-case-against-donald-trump-as-she-accepts-nomination-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris prosecutes case against Donald Trump as she accepts nomination - Washington Examiner\">perceived dangers posed<\/a> by the leak and urging contributions from supporters.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats fundraise off Signal chat leak outrage<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075426\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> are using the Trump administration&rsquo;s accidental leak of intelligence to a journalist on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3358014\/john-ratcliffe-signal-approved-communication-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Signal platform<\/a> to fundraise.<\/p>\n<p>Several Democratic senators, including Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), have attempted to use the debacle to illustrate a lack of Republican control over national security.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3359632\/senators-revive-bid-tv-cameras-supreme-court\/\">Senators revive bid for TV cameras at the Supreme Court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3359497\/north-carolina-transgender-bathroom-bill-gop\/\">North Carolina GOP introduces transgender bathroom bill after repealing similar 2016 law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3359448\/senate-intel-chairman-tom-cotton-calls-trump-cabinet-group-chat-embellishment-and-exaggeration\/\">Senate intel chair downplays severity of Trump Cabinet group chat: &#8216;An embellishment and exaggeration&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kelly and Gallego said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should resign over the scandal and called for their supporters to back them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pete Hegseth was unqualified for the job of Secretary of Defense from the start,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/act.markkelly.com\/signup\/hegseth_p2p_signup_march25\/?rd=1&amp;source=p2p250326-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fundraising page <\/a>for Kelly says. &ldquo;But after the Signal incident, we can no longer entrust the lives of our service members to him. Mark is demanding that Pete Hegseth resign. Add your name if you agree.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly is a former astronaut and Navy officer and serves on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Kelly&rsquo;s campaign also sent texts to supporters with much of the same messaging: &ldquo;The Signal incident is what happens when you have the most unqualified Secretary of Defense we&rsquo;ve ever seen. He needs to resign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gallego had a fundraising email of his own with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-five-takeaways-from-trump-press-conference-at-bedminster-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Top five takeaways from Trump press conference at Bedminster- Washington Examiner\">subject line &#038;ldquo<\/a>;Hegseth. Resign. Immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is amateur hour. We&rsquo;re damn lucky the pilots on that mission and the sailors and Marines on ships offshore didn&rsquo;t make the ultimate sacrifice that day. The Trump Administration&rsquo;s carelessness and incompetence put their lives at risk,&rdquo; the email said in part.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These people are not serious, and we need to clear house,&rdquo; it continued, saying, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to start with the Secretary of Defense. He was unqualified and unprepared for this job to start, and it was him who sent detailed war plans over unsecured channels to begin with.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both landing pages asked people if they were able to make a monetary donation.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand&rsquo;s email shared the <em>Atlantic<\/em> article that revealed journalist Jeffrey Goldberg&rsquo;s inadvertent entry into the Signal chat and asked supporters, &ldquo;Do you feel safe under the Trump administration?&rdquo; The New York senator said &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3360385\/trump-hegseth-signal-scandal-atlantic-jeffrey-goldberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Signalgate<\/a>&rdquo; was one of the &ldquo;most egregious and dangerous actions yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3360368\/private-data-us-officials-hegseth-gabbard-waltz-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PRIVATE DATA OF TOP US OFFICIALS INCLUDING HEGSETH AND WALTZ FOUND ONLINE<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>None of the three voted to confirm Hegseth as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">defense secretary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Hegseth, the Signal chat included national security adviser Mike Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Waltz has claimed responsibility for adding Goldberg, though he said it was inadvertent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2075426\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2075426\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats raise funds from outrage over Signal leak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3744,"featured_media":2415856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ruben-Gallego.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,15467,52181],"class_list":["post-2415855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-fundraising","tag-signal-chat-leak"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ruben-Gallego.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415855","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\/3744"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415859,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415855\/revisions\/2415859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}