With Matt Gaetz having stepped down from attorney general consideration almost two weeks ago, the liberal media have turned their ire toward decorated Army veteran, best-selling military author, and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth.
On Tuesday, they giddily passed along the “troubling” “new allegations” against him, including those peddled by far-left smear merchant Jane Mayer of The New Yorker (which they trumpeted as gospel) ludicrously painting Hegseth as a danger to women and our tax dollars.
CBS Mornings hailed from the get-go. In the Eye Opener, featured co-host Vladimir Duthiers peddled the “[n]ew allegations of drinking and sexual misconduct against Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth.”
Co-host and Democratic donor Gayle King had the “troubling” line and shared the CBS at least “confirmed Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from a veterans’ nonprofit after being accused of alcohol abuse, sexual misconduct and mismanaging the group’s money.”
Chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes had quite the approach to Hegseth, taking a condescending tone:
Gross. CBS’s Nancy Cordes all but mocks @PeteHegseth facing allegations of drinking and financial mismanagment...
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 3, 2024
“Hegseth has been tapped by the President-Elect to run one of the largest bureaucracies in the world, the U.S. military, and yet, CBS News has confirmed now that he… pic.twitter.com/zSt7UCwcKl
After airing a clip of congressional correspondent Nikole Killion chasing down Hegseth and asking him about being “drunk...on the job” and Hegseth scoffing he wouldn’t “dignify that with a response,” Cordes seemed to play up comments from Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) as a way to mock the GOP and play up the allegations.
ABC’s Good Morning America found time for this as part of their Trump-hating agenda, but not a second for the continued blowback over President Biden lying to the American people by deciding to pardon son Hunter.
Trump-hating correspondent Rachel Scott boasted “these new allegations” — which took over a minute to disclose — “could set the stage for a bruising confirmation battle.”
After summarizing attorney general pick Pat Bondi’s trip to the Capitol, she turned to Hegseth, touting Mayer’s piece despite the admission ABC hasn’t confirmed its validity or a separate-but-also-gross New York Times piece:
ABC’s Trump-hating correspondent @RachelVScott on ‘Good Morning America’ smearing @PeteHegseth:
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 3, 2024
“But Pete Hegseth is fending off allegations of financial mismanagement and sexual misconduct which he denies. According to The New Yorker, Hegseth was forced to step down from… pic.twitter.com/YRqKidaVr9
NBC’s Today spent only 63 seconds on the confirmation hubbub, and even less on Hegseth. Capital Hill correspondent Garrett Haake boasted Hegseth won’t face “a fairly easy path to confirmation” like Bondi, who “lack[s]...any serious scandal[.]”
Haake touted “the steady drip of reports about personal issues around him related to alleged drinking or mismanagement of funds at previous jobs, alleged mistreatment of women” as a millstone as if they just organically came out of the woodwork instead of a coordinated smear campaign.
After admitting he’s “denied” “some of” the claims, Haake said he will have “a lot of tough questions answer to lock down support from Republicans that he’ll need.”
To see the relevant transcripts from December 3, click here (for ABC), here (for CBS), and here (for NBC).
