The Video Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want You to See (w/ Andrew Kaczynski)
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Uncovering Pete Hegseth's Contradictory Stance on Unlawful Military Orders
Discover the journalistic evidence revealing Pete Hegseth’s past defense of troops refusing illegal orders, directly contrasting his current attacks on those stating the same principle.
Short Summary
- Andrew Kaczynski surfaced 2016 video evidence where Hegseth defended soldiers refusing unlawful orders.
- This contradicts Hegseth's stated intent to court-martial Democratic lawmakers who repeated the established military law standard.
- The key legal standard confirmed by experts is that service members are required to follow lawful orders but must refuse unlawful ones.
- The investigation required deep diving through archives, demonstrating that Hegseth previously criticized Trump as an "armchair tough guy" over similar stances.
This conversation details Kaczynski's research process for uncovering high-profile political hypocrisy using internet archives and clarifies why this apparent contradiction matters in current political discourse regarding military obedience and the Commander-in-Chief's expected behavior.
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Top Comments (10)
Marco Rubio..and Jared Kushner need to be seriously investigated
Being a huge hypocrite is a Maga prerequisite.
Nuremberg established that "I was just following orders." was no defence. Many Nazis still got executed.
Coming from a 5 time DRAFT DODGING COWARD, that's RICH af.
From New Zealand. Hegseth needs to pay for his crimes and his hypocrisy! They all need to face CONSEQUENCES! Traitors - every last one of them!
Peter Head sgeth calling Trump an "armchair tough guy" is like the catfish calling the bullfrog "bigmouth".
It's not "You don't have to follow unlawful orders". It's "You must not follow unlawful orders." Big difference.
The law is that military must NOT follow unlawful orders! It's not a choice. Everyone that follows unlawful orders can be prosecuted. Unfortunately not the people that gave the unlawful order. That has to change!!!
This stuff you have uncovered is extremely important.
And I naively thought my level of respect for Hegseth could not get any lower, thanks for proving me wrong.
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Top Comments (10)
Marco Rubio..and Jared Kushner need to be seriously investigated
Being a huge hypocrite is a Maga prerequisite.
Nuremberg established that "I was just following orders." was no defence. Many Nazis still got executed.
Coming from a 5 time DRAFT DODGING COWARD, that's RICH af.
From New Zealand. Hegseth needs to pay for his crimes and his hypocrisy! They all need to face CONSEQUENCES! Traitors - every last one of them!
Peter Head sgeth calling Trump an "armchair tough guy" is like the catfish calling the bullfrog "bigmouth".
It's not "You don't have to follow unlawful orders". It's "You must not follow unlawful orders." Big difference.
The law is that military must NOT follow unlawful orders! It's not a choice. Everyone that follows unlawful orders can be prosecuted. Unfortunately not the people that gave the unlawful order. That has to change!!!
This stuff you have uncovered is extremely important.
And I naively thought my level of respect for Hegseth could not get any lower, thanks for proving me wrong.