Political Quotes

“if there was one word--one word--that should never, ever describe a Secretary of Defense, it is ``erratic,'' but that is the one word that describes Mr. Hegseth best. Advancing a Secretary of Defense is one of the most important votes Senators are going to take all year. This man has lives in his hands--the lives of citizens, the lives of people of the world, and the lives of the brave men and women in our Armed Forces. So I want my colleagues to think carefully. Of all of the people we could have as Secretary of Defense, is Pete Hegseth really the best one we have got? Come on. You know he isn't. You know he is not even close. Is this the best man we have to lead the greatest military in the world? Is this man with a known history of excessive drinking the guy you want at the other end of the phone at 2 a.m., in a crisis, in control of the nuclear codes? Who are we kidding? Who are we kidding? Is this the man--with a mile-long list of allegations of abusing, degrading, and harassing women--you want to be leading our men and women in battle? Is this the man, with a track record of erratic behavior, the best you think the members of our military deserve as a leader? Is this the man, with a truly horrific and devastating lack of judgment, the best you think our country and our fighting men and women deserve? Pete Hegseth has proven to lack the necessary morality, sense, judgment.…”