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Pete Hegseth Grilled on Cheating, Corruption, & Women in Combat in Senate Hearing | The Daily Show

2025-01-15 Comedy
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Jordan Klepper recaps Pete Hegseth's Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense, which featured Republicans pretending to vet the Fox News anchor and Democrats questioning his infidelities, drinking problem, and misogyny. Plus, Desi Lydic teaches Jordan Klepper a lesson on digging too deeply into Trump's cabinet selects. #DailyShow #PeteHegseth #trump 0:00 - Jordan Klepper's TDS Open 0:28 - Senate Holds Pete Hegseth First Confirmation 3:05 - Republicans Give Hegseth Easy Questions, Democrats Throw Curveballs 6:08 - Hegseth Grilled on Policy Positions 9:25 - Desi Lydic Weighs in on Hegseth Confirmation Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: http://www.paramountplus.com/thedailyshow Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program analyzing the biggest stories in news, politics, and culture through a sharp, satirical lens. The Daily Show redefined the late night show category on TV and, with an audience of over 51M across social media platforms, has become a launching pad for some of the biggest stars in entertainment. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Top Comments (10)

@rockchrisland 2025-01-15

How someone who bankrupted 2 charities could run a department with millions of people in it and billions in its budget is beyond me

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@yvonnes7412 2025-01-15

The irony of having Hegseth talk about meritocracy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

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@SocksAndPuppets 2025-01-15

If meritocracy is so important to Hegseth, maybe he should support a qualified candidate for the role.

851 5 replies
@TheREALJoey-T 2025-01-15

"Give me a joke" has just entered the lexicon.

732 12 replies
@Dan210871 2025-01-15

If Hegseth truly believed in meritocracy, he'd withdraw from consideration. Nothing in his experience qualifies him for the Sec Def job.

569 12 replies
@sinfulsolutionz 2025-01-15

Markwayne's "give me a joke"... you got one in Hegseth

475 3 replies
@LarkBlue-ek8wq 2025-01-15

Sen. Duckworth grilled Hegseth on the fact that he doesn't have any qualifications for this enormous job. That is the main reason he shouldn't be confirmed.

414 14 replies
@richgaulin3633 2025-01-15

Someone should have brought a breathalyzer to the hearing and asked him to blow.

304 5 replies
@stephengiunta1564 2025-01-15

Made “A” mistake?????? He is a walking mistake.

239 1 replies
@debbiem.3128 2025-01-15

"Well, that's not what the breathalyzer said." BRILLIANT!!! 😂

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