{"id":2694810,"date":"2026-10-31T18:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseths-father-says-el-sayed-has-little-man-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T18:37:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:37:01","slug":"pete-hegseths-father-says-el-sayed-has-little-man-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseths-father-says-el-sayed-has-little-man-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth&#8217;s father says el Sayed has &#8216;little man syndrome&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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