DEI Hire Pete Hegseth Secretly Gave MAGA Trolls Government Jobs

Hegseth hired MAGA influencers as 'highly qualified experts' in the Pentagon, but their roles are unclear. Hegseth's hires include retired military officers with large social media followings who defend him online. Hegseth faces backlash for his controversial actions and online behavior, including his workout fails. Leon Neal / Pete HegsethIt has not been a last few days for the most highly unqualified Secretary of Defense in the history of the United States, Pete Hegseth. Spotted on Crooks & Liars via The Washington Post, Kegsbreath has been caught red-handed hiring an army of MAGA influencers for secret roles in the Pentagon, and he won’t say what exactly they are doing in those roles. Per Crooks & Liars: This band of former military personnel turned online Right-wing influencers turned secret Pentagon employees is reported to include the likes of retired Air Force colonel Rob Maness, who boasts upwards of 130,000 followers on X; retired Army colonel Kurt Schlichter, with more than 620,000 followers; and retired colonel Thomas Anderson, who seems to have made it his life’s mission to defend scandal-plagued Hegseth to his 323,000 X followers under the online moniker “Cynic...