Wow! What Slotkin just said to Hegseth. Video from Aaron Rupar.

[highplainsdem]

SLOTKIN: Have you given the order to be able to shoot at unarmed protesters in any way?


HEGSETH: What is that based on?

SLOTKIN: It is based on Trump giving that order to your predecessor, who I give a lot of credit to bc he didn't accept the order. He has more guts & balls than you

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-06-18T16:15:32.736Z

[GoCubsGo]

1. I love the sound of Republican infighting in the morning.

It sounds like self-immolation.

Fuck both of them. Here's hoping this shit causes that booze-addled jackass to pick up his ball and go back to Fox Propaganda.

[highplainsdem]

2. "Republican infighting"? Slotkin's a Democrat.

[GoCubsGo]

21. Oops. Was confusing her with Elise Stefanik.

Talk about a brain fart....

[ananda]

30. I had to think about it for a minute.

You know: is she the Democrat or the Republican?

Glad she's with us!

[LisaM]

41. Their names are awfully similar.

I have to stop and think about it too, sometimes.

[highplainsdem]

42. Easy enough to do. But no Republican would have been that tough on him.

[llmart]

33. Yes. She's from my area of Michigan.

I am so glad she played this the way she did. She's not quite as liberal as I'd like her to be, but she's a good, solid Dem.

[Cha]

47. And, she Won in MI.. I was so Happy!

[liberalla]

54. Hi! I'm just jumping on your post to add more video of Slotkin, and also Duckworth today... These Senators were STELLAR!

[AllaN01Bear]

61. typical bob and weave . can admin officias be held in comtemtive congres .?

[MadLinguist]

3. Slotkin's a Democrat.

I cannot imagine any GOPer trash-talking Hegseth like she did. I live for the day...

[Native]

7. you're probably confusing her with Elise Stefanik. i do it on a regular basis. i know who each woman is, but for some

reason, every time i read Slotkin's name, i think Elise Stefanik.

[GoCubsGo]

24. Yes, thank you.

That's exactly what I was doing. I have a similar issue when I see "Stephen Miller, " and I think "Stephanie Miller."

[2naSalit]

8. Do you know who you're talking about?

[obamanut2012]

11. Wtf? She is a Democrat

[LoisB]

4. Based on his non-answer, I would guess the answer is "yes".

[highplainsdem]

6. I agree.

[sheshe2]

12. Yes.

[William Seger]

23. Definitely, no doubt about it

If he could say no without fear of a perjury charge, he would have been shouting it!

[LoisB]

31. Yes!

[Beartracks]

28. Because to Republicans, all manner of unconstitutional, unethical and un-democratic options must be "on the table"...

... to make their bank accounts great again.

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[LoisB]

32. Exactly.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Hell to the yeah!

Slotkin (of all people) bringing some cowbell.

[niyad]

14. Are you confusing her with stefanik?

[BeyondGeography]

17. Not in the least

Slotkin’s a moderate and usually chooses her words extra carefully. Too carefully for my tastes. Great to see her bringing the fire here.

[niyad]

18. Understood.

[soldierant]

49. That was my impression of her as well.

And it is good to see her coming out like this.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. Karma is a motherfucking b*tch.

Pete Hegseth is another POS that has no soul,, moral compass, or ethics.

Former Sec. of Defense Mark Esper, refused an order from TACO Don to shoot protesters in the legs during the BLM protests when George Floyd was murdered. Esper DID write about that in his book.

For Hegseth to tell Rep. Slotkin "do not believe what you read in books except for the Bible" was not only insulting, but an indication that Pete Hegseth is not fit for the job at hand.

[highplainsdem]

13. Agree completely. And Pete Hegseth isn't fit for any serious job. (I'd say "even at Fox News" if they

were a real news organization, but they aren't and have always been willing to employ incompetent lowlifes.)

[mopinko]

25. there's a clip downthread

of esper on 60 min saying it.

[quakerboy]

40. and yet.. hes in charge of the US military

And there is no sign that there is any real checks on him at this time.

And he never answered the question.

So he is in power, there is no indication he will be leaving power, and he walked away from this hearing amused, not scared.

We are in a bad place.

[DFW]

10. Elissa Slotkin is ex-CIA. Hegseth is ex Fox Noise

She wouldn’t hold back for a weasel like him.

[sheshe2]

15. Brilliant takedown of the sloppy, smirking drunk.

Thank you Elise Slotkin.

[Abolishinist]

16. A lot bothers me, of course, about Hogsbreath.

But what he said at the end, once again, shows who and what he is. The moment he thinks doG is telling him what to do and acts on it, we're in BIG trouble, cuz there would be no limits.

"I’d be careful what you read in books, and believing it, except for the Bible"

I'd love to see someone grill him on what's actually in the Bible, how 'believable' it is. And thanks, a great video.

[3catwoman3]

56. I was yelling in my car...

…when I heard that arrogant response.

He’s SUCH an ass!

[Chi67]

19. Fire him now!

WTF? He can’t answer one single question!

[JoseBalow]

20. "Except the bible."

We're fucked

[txwhitedove]

35. Ooh, screamed at the tv on that smirky comment. I sure believe my lying eyes and ears, asshat!

[Marcuse]

60. "Except the Bible"???

then there is…

[Kid Berwyn]

22. No guts. No balls. No brains, too.

Longtime drunks should not be charged with the Department of Defense.

[Dr. T]

27. I love my drinking buddies like brothers

but I wouldn't want any of them to be Secretary of Defense.
🤣

[Kid Berwyn]

34. I got out of the lush life at 24.

My hypocrisies now serve as my guideposts.

Thank you, Dr. T, for understanding how my comments towards the Dishonorable Pete Kegsbreath were intended.

That guy really does act like he wants to shoot Democrats.

[Dr. T]

38. Wanting to harm others

is what happens when Hegseth is on a bad drunk.

Not the happy, giggling kind of drunk. The other surly, nasty drunk of wife-beater lore.

[SheltieLover]

26. Great!

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

29. If Protestants want to shoot protesters, or run them down with automobiles,

be advised that Protestants are protesters. Thou Protestant too much, me thinks!

[Ping Tung]

36. After that, I'm thinking her name might fit nicely on the presidential ballot in '28.

[rubbersole]

37. Snap!

That's gonna leave a mark.

[quakerboy]

39. He never answered the question.

While everything she said was both true and relevant, it allowed him to skate by and disregard the question.

I think its a question that needed to be asked, drilled down on, all diversions disregarded. "did you give the order?". Have you given the order. Repeated, simply, ignoring any attempt to divert the discussion, until he answers.

[Karasu]

43. "I'd be careful what you read in books...except for the Bible." Give me a fucking break. That shit is so fucking phony

and performative. He's just playing to an audience of fucking modern Republicans, who are the only people alive stupid enough to not see through it.

[Paladin]

44. Profound thanks, Sen. Slotkin. (nt)

[Bluethroughu]

45. Why do these Dems not demand yes or no.

Spell it out, reclaim time, repeat, demand.

[highplainsdem]

51. They've done so, again and again. The thugs in the Trump regime refuse to answer that directly and honestly.

[slightlv]

48. Did you ever have any doubt?

Even before this interview? Cause I didn't. If it's not our military doing it, it will be trumpy's brownshirts of militia. Which is something else that needs to be outlawed and all disbanded once we get our country back. The United States is (was) a first world nation with a functioning military. It no longer needs "militias" to defend itself. And, if you think they're suppose to only be for the states to use in emergency, that's what the National Guard are for. But then, I'd pull back gun rights to try to limit the number of murders and accidental deaths we have via their proliferate use. I'd love to have them outlawed, but then only outlaws would have them, right? /snark

I always get an adrenaline rush (and not the good kind) when we start talking about guns and shooting civilians. I know, deep in my gut, it's gonna happen. And I dread it with all I have. We lost so many during the first Civil War, and that was even with clear delineators of Blue and Grey. Today, we're all mixed up in each other's states and cities. There would be no clear lines. But if you have hogsbreath ordering his troops to fire, the civilians aren't just going to stand there and take it. (sigh)

[Joinfortmill]

50. Hegseth is an arrogant fuck. Dumber than a rock, too.

[red dog 1]

52. Alky Hegseth's predecessor as head of DOD was Mark Esper

Too bad Esper isn't Defense Secretary now.

Speaking about VonShitzInPantz inciting a mob of his supporters to attack the Capital on January 6th, Esper said "it threatens our democracy."

(The alky would never say something like that about Stinky)

[Skittles]

53. that drunken rapist Trump humping POS has the NERVE to bring up the BIBLE

[Jarqui]

55. Why was it impossible for Hegseth to just say "no, I have not given that order" ?

This bombastic, drunken, bible thumper needs to go away.

[electric_blue68]

57. TY, Sen Slotkin! Ghads, he's pathetic..."don't trust books". 🙄 I may not trust a -particular- book, but geeebz.

[mdbl]

58. Hegseth is just an alcoholic disgrace

He's not that uncle type who is a happy drunk. He's just a jerk from a propaganda channel of lying assholes.

[raccoon]

59. The book Ms. Slotkin was referring to was undoubtedly A SACRED OATH by Mark Esper.

I'll put that on my reading list.