“I’ll stop drinking if I am confirmed as Secretary of Defense” is one of the funniest things ever said in senate testimony
EDIT: I’m paraphrasing, trying to find the actual quote
EDIT2: turns out there were two incidents that I conflated
In short, Hegseth did say he would stop drinking if he was confirmed as secretary of defense. […]
He made such a promise in a December 2024 podcast interview with political commentator and journalist Megyn Kelly.
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During his Jan. 14, 2025, Senate hearing, Hegseth also said he would no longer drink if confirmed. Hawaii’s Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono asked him: “You recently promised some of my Republican colleagues that you stopped drinking and won’t drink if confirmed. Correct?”
“I’ll stop drinking if I am confirmed as Secretary of Defense” is one of the funniest things ever said
in senate testimonyEDIT: I’m paraphrasing, trying to find the actual quote
EDIT2: turns out there were two incidents that I conflated
It’s zero wine hundred hours somewhere
WHAT RED BLOODED MAN DRINKS WINE???1?
Jesus was an effete libcuck. A real man would have turned water into Kentucky Bourbon.
I can guarantee that somewhere out there is an anti-woke winery for elite operators that sells the most disgusting red blend outside of a space bag.
The secretary of defense dying from alcohol withdrawal was not on my “list of things to potentially happen.”
“I like beer” energy.
I like to imagine on the way home he stopped at 7-11 for a couple tall boys