{"id":59213,"date":"2025-04-24T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59213"},"modified":"2025-04-24T08:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:57:28","slug":"when-the-deep-state-is-confronted-it-fights-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=59213","title":{"rendered":"When The Deep State Is Confronted, It Fights Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, Townhall<\/a> posted an article about the current deep-state-generated controversy surrounding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sent a clear message to leakers in the Pentagon. He suggested that those who gave internal information to the media could be subject to prosecution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the problems in the first Trump administration was leaks from various government agencies to the press. The leaks were designed to block the President’s agenda and prevent him from doing his job. Unfortunately, that is still going on and will continue until there are serious consequences to leakers.<\/p>\n

The article continues:<\/p>\n

The defense secretary further stated, \u201cWe take the classification of information, very important.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hegseth confirmed that several senior staffers had been fired because they were suspected of leaking information. \u201cIt was the result of an investigation \u2026 sufficient evidence to believe that they or others near them were party to leaking,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The secretary alleged that the staffers who lost their jobs were retaliating by slamming him in the press. \u201cDisgruntled former employees are peddling things to try to save their ass,\u201d he told Kilmeade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The secretary further explained that the leaks are still under investigation and that the DoD could refer the matter to the Department of Justice. \u201cWhen that evidence is gathered sufficiently \u2026 those people will be prosecuted, if necessary,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oddly enough, the attacks on Secretary Hegseth intensified after the leakers were fired. Those who want to destroy the Trump presidency are not happy that one of their weapons has been removed.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Democrats are making as much use of the controversies as possible. Several Democratic lawmakers have called for Hegseth to resign. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) became the first Republican to call for the defense secretary\u2019s firing during an interview with Politico.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s true that he had another [Signal] chat with his family, about the missions against the Houthis, it\u2019s totally unacceptable,\u201d Bacon said, referring to a New York Times report suggesting that Hegseth shared sensitive information with family members.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Still, President Trump has stood by Hegseth and expressed confidence in his ability to do his job. The administration recently squashed an NPR report claiming that the president is looking to replace Hegseth, calling it \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope Secretary Hegseth successfully rides this out. We need a few leakers to suffer serious consequences for their actions in order for the leaking to stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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