On the recordMarch 24, 2025
This is the guy that peddles in garbage. This is what he does.
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Pete Hegseth
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transcripts.cnn.comPete Hegseth: “This is the guy that peddles in garbage. This is what he does.”
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Hegseth disparages the journalist reporting on the group chat.
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