{"id":2431228,"date":"2025-05-05T23:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T03:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tina-smith-says-hegseth-should-be-fired-over-new-allegations-of-signal-use\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T23:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T03:47:34","slug":"tina-smith-says-hegseth-should-be-fired-over-new-allegations-of-signal-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tina-smith-says-hegseth-should-be-fired-over-new-allegations-of-signal-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Smith says Hegseth &#8216;should be fired&#8217; over new allegations of Signal use"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftina-smith-says-hegseth-should-be-fired-over-new-allegations-of-signal-use%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=2431228&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>Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) has called for the dismissal of defense Secretary pete Hegseth following new allegations regarding his extensive use of the non-governmental messaging app Signal. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Hegseth participated in at least 12 chats on the app, discussing various topics including scheduling and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-known-colorado-animal-rights-lawyer-arrested-after-allegedly-hiring-hitman-to-murder-husbands-girlfriend\/\" title=\"Well-Known Colorado Animal Rights Lawyer Arrested After Allegedly Hiring Hitman To Murder Husband\u2019s Girlfriend\">media appearances<\/a>, which raised concerns about handling sensitive details. Smith, who has been vocal about her disapproval of Hegseth&#8217;s actions since allegations surfaced in March, reiterated her stance on social media, insisting, &#8220;He. Should. be.Fired.&#8221; Despite announcing her retirement from the Senate, Smith continues to actively critique the Trump management&#8217;s actions, positioning herself as a staunch opponent.  <\/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\">Tina Smith says Hegseth &lsquo;should be fired&rsquo; over new allegations of Signal use<\/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_2114210\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tina-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tina Smith\">Tina Smith<\/a> (D-MN) called for Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pete Hegseth\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> to be fired over additional accusations of communications on a nongovernmental messaging service.<\/p>\n<p>A Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/pete-hegseth-signal-chats-defense-department-pentagon-ec9a4daa?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> alleged that Hegseth used Signal as part of his job much more extensively than previously known, engaging in at least 12 different chats on the unsecured app. Hegseth reportedly used Signal to discuss media appearances, foreign travel, scheduling, and other unclassified but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-expands-security-efforts-ahead-of-2022-elections\/\" title=\"Google Expands Security Efforts Ahead of 2022 Elections\">sensitive information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3401577\/hegseth-purge-20-percent-four-star-generals-admirals-pentagon\/\">Hegseth orders purge of senior commanders, cutting 20% of four-star generals and admirals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3400636\/maybe-not-possible-peace-ukraine\/\">&lsquo;Maybe it&rsquo;s not possible&rsquo;: Trump vacillates between hope and pessimism over prospects for peace in Ukraine&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3400310\/hegseth-visit-israel-ahead-of-trump-middle-east-trip-report\/\">Hegseth to visit Israel ahead of Trump&#8217;s first foreign trip to Middle East: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Smith became one of the first to pounce on the accusations to demand his removal from his position.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He. Should. Be. Fired,&rdquo; the senator wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Pentagon for confirmation and comment on the report&rsquo;s findings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He. Should. Be. Fired. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqyZFUHMDm\">https:\/\/t.co\/HqyZFUHMDm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTinaSmith\/status\/1919532260497162321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Though the allegations are new, Smith&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiros-critical-engagement-in-u-s-steel-sale-questioned-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Shapiro\u2019s \u2018critical\u2019 engagement in U.S. Steel sale questioned - Washington Examiner\">call isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t &mdash; she has been calling for Hegseth&rsquo;s removal since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3359139\/reporter-jeffrey-goldberg-publishes-details-signal-group-chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Signalgate first broke in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pete Hegseth should follow Pete Hegseth&rsquo;s advice and resign,&rdquo; she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1703174360410233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"video\">video<\/a> posted to her Facebook last month, going on to outline the allegations against his usage of the app.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the height of recklessness and irresponsibility, and you don&rsquo;t have to take my word for this,&rdquo; Smith added, showing an old clip of the then-Fox News host calling on figures who improperly handled information to resign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3401577\/hegseth-purge-20-percent-four-star-generals-admirals-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"HEGSETH ORDERS PURGE OF SENIOR COMMANDERS, CUTTING 20% OF FOUR-STAR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS\">HEGSETH ORDERS PURGE OF SENIOR COMMANDERS, CUTTING 20% OF FOUR-STAR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3319410\/tina-smith-retirement-2026-senate-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced her retirement from the Senate<\/a>, with her current term being her last, Smith has sought to go out in a blaze of glory. She has been a vocal opponent of the Trump administration, often using vulgarity to get her point across. In March, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3347209\/tina-smith-elon-musk-curse-democrats-messaging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">refused to backtrack<\/a> after calling Elon Musk &ldquo;a d***&rdquo; and &ldquo;billionaire a**&#8209;hole boss.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People want to see fight,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3347209\/tina-smith-elon-musk-curse-democrats-messaging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CNN at the time. &ldquo;And I think with that tweet that I did, it touched a nerve with millions of people because everybody has had the experience of having some boss who treats them with disrespect, who denigrates their work and is just basically using <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >big power-play moves<\/a> to &hellip; terrorize them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2114210\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2114210\"}});<\/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>Tina Smith demands Hegseth&#8217;s firing over new Signal allegations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2431229,"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\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-dei-months-dead.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5609,45173,32793,13538,50330],"class_list":["post-2431228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-allegations","tag-hegseth","tag-political-accountability","tag-signal","tag-tina-smith"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-dei-months-dead.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431228","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2431228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431232,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431228\/revisions\/2431232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2431229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2431228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2431228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2431228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}