A former colleague of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's veterans group accused Democrats of repeating lies told in mainstream media and hypocrisy when it comes to supporting women.
Holly K. Talley, who worked for Pete Hegseth as the Louisiana state director for the American Veterans Association from 2013 to 2015, said an anonymous source said Hegseth took staff members to strip clubs while in the state. publicly refuted the lie, but the Democratic Party said it had refuted it. I ignored her and repeated her lies.
In an interview with Breitbart News on Wednesday, Mr. Talley said that Mr. Hegseth wasn't even in the state at the time of the alleged incident, which he has said multiple times on the record, but reporters and Democrats are denying her. He said he was ignoring it.
“Pete wasn't even in the state. He wasn't anywhere near Louisiana. We were in Shreveport and he was in Baton Rouge, or we were in New Orleans and he was in Reidsville. There was no way he was in the state or anywhere near the state,” she said.
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After the lie first surfaced, she said: new yorker, she was contacted washington post Reporter Michael Kleinish asked about that specifically. She said that despite refuting that lie, he did not include it in his documents. story (The quote was from New Yorker).
of post Talley only quoted Hegseth as saying that he was “a man to respect.” I have never personally seen him cross any boundaries. …He was a great leader. ”
And recently, during Hegseth's high-profile confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Democrats have repeated lies in a desperate attempt to smear him.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) falsely stated in a hearing that: “Another non-anonymous co-worker says you took a co-worker to a strip club, you were drunk, you tried to dance with a stripper, you will be removed from the stage.”
“One of the employees involved in that incident filed a sexual harassment complaint as a result,” Kaine said. “If true, wouldn't that kind of behavior disqualify him from being Secretary of Defense?” Ta.
Hegseth replied, “It's an anonymous false accusation.”
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) later asked Hegseth, “Did you take your staff, including young female staff, to a strip club in 2014 while you were in Louisiana on official CVA business? ” he asked.
“Absolutely not. It's anonymous slander,” Hegseth replied.
Mr Kelly then said: 'So it is accurate to say that the organization has reached a financial settlement with a female staff member who alleges that she was in a strip club with you and a co-worker tried to sexually assault her. ” he asked. Was there a financial settlement? ”
Hegseth replied: “Senator, I wasn't involved in that. I don't know how it happened.”
Meanwhile, nearly all female Democratic senators at the hearing slammed Hegseth's view that standards for women seeking to serve on the ground should not be lowered, saying he disrespected women. he accused.
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Talley called these accusations hypocritical while repeatedly ignoring her and other female colleagues at Hegseth.
“It makes you feel like your experiences and circumstances don't matter. Isn't it ironic?” she said.
The Democratic Party's accusations have been repeated recently. Articles from local Louisiana news outlets.
Talley said it was frustrating to see the lies repeated because Hegseth, a young female employee at CVA at the time, treated her with nothing but respect.
“Pete never made me feel unheard or seen. He always listened honestly and respected my opinions and insights. “I did,” she said. “When I was at CVA, if Pete was a leader or a boss or a friend or whatever you want to put it, if I felt in any way, I would never publicly say that this is not the case. That's not my experience.''
She said she was proud of how her former boss handled the contentious hearing, even though he was caught lying.
“In the face of those attacks, I think he remained calm, calm, collected, and it's a cliché,” she said.
“We need people who respond based on facts, don't get caught up in emotions, and move forward calmly. [and] “I think a lot of senators were caught up in their emotions,” she added.
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