“His continued presence in the top position of leadership at the Pentagon threatens the nation’s security and puts our brave men and women in uniform throughout the world in danger.”
March 26, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries yesterday called on Dementia Don to immediately fire Whiskey Pete Hegseth for discussing sensitive details of a pending strike in Yemen in a high-level group Signal chat -- that incidentally included a journalist. Via the New York Times:

“Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified secretary of defense in American history,” Mr. Jeffries wrote in a letter sent to Mr. Trump at the White House, which was obtained by The New York Times. “His continued presence in the top position of leadership at the Pentagon threatens the nation’s security and puts our brave men and women in uniform throughout the world in danger.”

Since the revelations on Monday, several Democrats have called for the resignations of Mr. Hegseth and the other senior national security officials involved in the leaked chat, but the letter made Mr. Jeffries the highest-ranking Democrat on Capitol Hill to call for the defense secretary to lose his job. Republicans have mostly rallied around the Trump administration, reacting to the episode with a collective shrug.

While Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, is reported to have added Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic to the group discussion, Mr. Hegseth is coming under increasing scrutiny for discussing highly sensitive military operations against Houthi rebels on the commercial messaging application.

During my sit-down with Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Chair Ken Martin, I asked them to react to the breaking news confirmed by the White House that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, and others discussed US war plans over the Signal messaging app. Here is an excerpt.
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Reecie Colbert (@reeciecolbert.bsky.social) 2025-03-25T04:31:24.953Z

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries should be on every cable news show blasting Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and the rest of the clowns over the Signal leak. Hit them hard as Republicans did to Hillary Clinton over her emails and Benghazi. Demand the Pentagon Drunk's resignation. #SignalGate

Island Girl, Unapologetically Pro-Choice, Staunch Resister 💙 (@bluepolitico.bsky.social) 2025-03-25T14:25:47.636Z

Pete Hegseth today

The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) 2025-03-24T18:20:15.887Z

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