Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand took our lying “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth through the wood chipper this Tuesday during a hearing on emergency funding to replenish the $80 billion this administration has blown through during this illegal war with Iran.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen someone with this much flop-sweat pouring off of them during a hearing. Old Kegsbreath looked in desperate need of a towel as Gillibrand tore him to shreds on their evolving bullshit as to how things are going so far with this war.
GILLIBRAND: Secretary Hegseth, you’re requesting billions of dollars in supplemental funding for a war that you said would last for weeks and that the President has no plan or ability to end.
At the same time, this still unauthorized and extremely unpopular war has caused gas, diesel, fertilizer, and other essentials that New Yorkers and our farmers need across the country and has become much more expensive.
So how do I go back to New York, and what would you say to them who are seeing their healthcare bills rise because massive cuts to Medicaid, they’ve seen their grocery and gas bills rise, and this unpopular and unauthorized war abroad is a higher priority to this administration than their ability to feed their families and provide healthcare to their loved ones who are sick.
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