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LetMyPeopleVote

(181,393 posts)
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:21 AM 4 hrs ago

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago OP
She's endured a lot from the MAGA crowd and is about to spew forward. GOOD. hlthe2b 4 hrs ago #1
shithole and administration have been.... Lovie777 4 hrs ago #2
Hegseth is Major Major Major. MineralMan 4 hrs ago #3
Joseph Heller's best name in Catch-22! Excellent reference. NNadir 4 hrs ago #7
Well, he's a major asshole! Hey Joe 3 hrs ago #20
The Fox News host is a well-known liar. dalton99a 4 hrs ago #4
Wow! Finally she does something Ars Longa 4 hrs ago #5
Is this that AI sh*t? Submariner 4 hrs ago #6
I checked orangecrush 4 hrs ago #9
I always thought it was Rep. Nancy Mace leading that specific charge. Emile 4 hrs ago #11
Yes. Here is actual footage: IcyPeas 3 hrs ago #23
I did not hear her edhopper 3 hrs ago #28
If it really happened there would be no reason for the entire clip to be narrated. We could have just heard the actual ToxMarz 3 hrs ago #29
See actual clip below IcyPeas 3 hrs ago #31
He was a failed infantry officer Aviation Pro 4 hrs ago #8
I don't like the lady angrychair 4 hrs ago #10
I love your posts but orangecrush 4 hrs ago #12
I couldn't find an original video of her actual words. Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #13
Same. progressoid 3 hrs ago #19
Here is actual footage: IcyPeas 3 hrs ago #25
Yes, that's the video I found, which the one in the OP is evidently made out of using AI. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #30
This message was self-deleted by its author AverageOldGuy 4 hrs ago #14
please either verify this or delete. mopinko 4 hrs ago #15
This looks a lot like AI to me. Grumpy Old Guy 4 hrs ago #16
Here: IcyPeas 3 hrs ago #27
I call BS. She voted to confirm Hegseth. She is not running for re-election Raven123 3 hrs ago #17
The same Joni Ernst that voted to confirm him? LR3 3 hrs ago #18
This includes only images of Ernst and Hegseth with a (possibly AI-rendered) narrator's voice Pinback 3 hrs ago #21
ACTUAL VIDEO FROM HEARING IcyPeas 3 hrs ago #22
lol - i didn't see your post when i posted this two minutes later. orleans 3 hrs ago #26
here's a REAL video of ernst orleans 3 hrs ago #24
You need to delete this. It's fake; this never happened. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #32

hlthe2b

(114,423 posts)
1. She's endured a lot from the MAGA crowd and is about to spew forward. GOOD.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:26 AM
4 hrs ago

I can't say I liked her, but like MTG, go forward and expose the hell out of them!

Lovie777

(23,469 posts)
2. shithole and administration have been....
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:28 AM
4 hrs ago

crapping on the military and not a peep from her.

MineralMan

(151,495 posts)
3. Hegseth is Major Major Major.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:29 AM
4 hrs ago

And from the National Guard, at that.

NNadir

(38,410 posts)
7. Joseph Heller's best name in Catch-22! Excellent reference.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:50 AM
4 hrs ago

Hey Joe

(748 posts)
20. Well, he's a major asshole!
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:11 AM
3 hrs ago

He’s even received his asshole commendation
medal with turd clusters.

dalton99a

(95,039 posts)
4. The Fox News host is a well-known liar.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:35 AM
4 hrs ago

Ars Longa

(559 posts)
5. Wow! Finally she does something
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:43 AM
4 hrs ago

halfway-praiseworthy on her way out the door. i think she's trying
to redeem herself for voting for him in the first place.

Submariner

(13,415 posts)
6. Is this that AI sh*t?
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:48 AM
4 hrs ago

When did this happen. How come its narrated and we don't hear Joni Ernst speaking her words.

orangecrush

(30,877 posts)
9. I checked
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:54 AM
4 hrs ago

It appears that there is an AI video.

I can't find any verifiable record of this exchange.

Emile

(43,032 posts)
11. I always thought it was Rep. Nancy Mace leading that specific charge.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:55 AM
4 hrs ago

IcyPeas

(25,707 posts)
23. Yes. Here is actual footage:
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:32 AM
3 hrs ago


edhopper

(37,465 posts)
28. I did not hear her
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:39 AM
3 hrs ago

call him out.
Where was that?

ToxMarz

(3,024 posts)
29. If it really happened there would be no reason for the entire clip to be narrated. We could have just heard the actual
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:40 AM
3 hrs ago

exchange. A Senate hearing isn't subject to copyright infringement. And, a simple Youtube seach would turn up endless clips of the same interaction. It turns up NONE. But it doesn't have to be AI, that is actual footage of the hearing with someone (real or artificial) reading a false script. It can be fake without being AI, and Ai doesn't have to be untrue. Unfortunatley though, AI is and excellent tool for creating fakes and spreading lies, so what can you do.

IcyPeas

(25,707 posts)
31. See actual clip below
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:43 AM
3 hrs ago

Aviation Pro

(15,719 posts)
8. He was a failed infantry officer
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:51 AM
4 hrs ago

No CAB for you, tabless beyotch.

angrychair

(12,441 posts)
10. I don't like the lady
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:54 AM
4 hrs ago

But respect her because she earned her CAB. Sen. Duckworth earned her CAB. Kegseth is a pretender. A liar.
Kegseth, the self-loathing drunk, is a fraud that has never experienced what those women experienced.

Like the women he has kicked out of leadership positions and made 2nd class citizens in the military they serve with honor.

Fuck that loser.

orangecrush

(30,877 posts)
12. I love your posts but
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:55 AM
4 hrs ago

You need to fact check this.

Can't find any mainstream news verification of this exchange.

There is an AI generated video.

Ocelot II

(131,074 posts)
13. I couldn't find an original video of her actual words.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:56 AM
4 hrs ago

I did find a Youtube video with the same content as the one in the OP, which briefly showed the caveat "Altered or synthetic content," but that's it. I found no other references to this alleged incident anywhere on the Internet. Ernst did criticize him at a hearing in which she is wearing the same clothes and hairdo as in the OP video, for firing Gen. Randy George. I think this is fake.

progressoid

(53,329 posts)
19. Same.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:08 AM
3 hrs ago

N/T

IcyPeas

(25,707 posts)
25. Here is actual footage:
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:34 AM
3 hrs ago




Ocelot II

(131,074 posts)
30. Yes, that's the video I found, which the one in the OP is evidently made out of using AI.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:41 AM
3 hrs ago

The post really should be deleted, since apparently this never happened at all. Hegseth is bad enough without making stuff up.

Response to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

mopinko

(73,842 posts)
15. please either verify this or delete.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:03 AM
4 hrs ago

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,374 posts)
16. This looks a lot like AI to me.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:04 AM
4 hrs ago

There would bs real soundbites if this actually took place. I don't believe Joni Ernst would piss off Trump by doing this.

IcyPeas

(25,707 posts)
27. Here:
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:35 AM
3 hrs ago


Raven123

(7,873 posts)
17. I call BS. She voted to confirm Hegseth. She is not running for re-election
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:05 AM
3 hrs ago

The rest is too late and irrelevant.

LR3

(187 posts)
18. The same Joni Ernst that voted to confirm him?
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:06 AM
3 hrs ago

Whether this particular clip is real or AI, fuck her for voting to confirm him in the first place. She owns this catastophe.

Pinback

(13,633 posts)
21. This includes only images of Ernst and Hegseth with a (possibly AI-rendered) narrator's voice
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:30 AM
3 hrs ago

and, as others have pointed out, the whole thing looks suspiciously like AI with little if any basis in fact. I’d love to be proven wrong, so I hope you or someone else will come up with video of the actual exchange.

Is this verbiage in the Congressional Record?

IcyPeas

(25,707 posts)
22. ACTUAL VIDEO FROM HEARING
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:30 AM
3 hrs ago


orleans

(37,138 posts)
26. lol - i didn't see your post when i posted this two minutes later.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:34 AM
3 hrs ago

i'm keeping my post up == maybe between the two of our posts someone will notice she doesn't seem to be upset w/him at all

orleans

(37,138 posts)
24. here's a REAL video of ernst
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:32 AM
3 hrs ago

she sounds like, generally, she is happy as a pos with him



Ocelot II

(131,074 posts)
32. You need to delete this. It's fake; this never happened.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:51 AM
3 hrs ago
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