Shawn Fleetwood writes for the Federalist about the latest efforts to undermine Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
While millions of Americans were commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this past weekend, a cabal of media propagandists and D.C. insiders was busy formulating a seemingly coordinated campaign to take down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Within hours of one another, The New York Times and Politico dropped hit pieces on Sunday against the Pentagon chief. The pieces were apparently aimed at undermining his leadership of America’s military. While the former used anonymous sources to try and revive the media’s “Signalgate” dud, the latter ran an op-ed from a former Defense Department spokesman — who resigned last week after evidently failing to get the Pentagon job he wanted — alleging “total chaos” at the agency under Hegseth’s direction.
NPR decided to join the pile-on, publishing a piece on Monday containing allegations from an unnamed “U.S. official” that the White House “has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth.” The White House quickly shot down the claim.
The articles were published on the heels of a major shake-up at the Pentagon last week, which saw the dismissal of several high-level advisers over claims of unauthorized leaking. The officials have since denied the allegations.
While Democrats have predictably latched onto these new hatchet jobs to re-up their demands for Hegseth to lose his job, the media’s latest “bombshells” aren’t the earth-shattering scandals they wish they were. If anything, the use of anonymous sources and disgruntled former colleagues is straight out of the same playbook these “journalists” have been running to try and oust Hegseth since he was tapped to lead the Pentagon last year. …
… [T]he D.C. establishment’s continued campaign to oust Hegseth comes from its fervent opposition to the much-needed change he’s bringing to the Pentagon.
