'Ingratitude!' Hegseth lashes out at 'ingrates' burying Trump's top officials in boos
Source: raw story
Nicole Charky-Chami July 2, 2026 10:27AM ET
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was furious as demonstrators overpowered Trump administration officials speaking to a crowd of National Guard members on Thursday.
Hegseth, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Steven Nordhaus were speaking to the group of about 200 guard members ahead of the Fourth of July at Meridian Hill Park when the sounds of booing and sirens started to drown out the speeches.
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2677147222/
ah shucky--no wants to listen to little Petty boy!!
Pete Hegseth: "This background noise is perfect. It's the sound of ingrates, of ingratitude, of people who are so blinded by ideology they can't see law and order and common sense in front of them."
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riversedge
(82,458 posts)amanda moore 🐢
@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
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Im here at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, where protesters are greeting Peter Hegseth as he arrives for a ceremony related to President Trumps Make DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force.
Iâm here at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, where protesters are greeting Peter Hegseth as he arrives for a ceremony related to President Trumpâs Make DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force.
— amanda moore ð¢ (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) 2026-07-02T13:14:42.082Z
marble falls
(73,647 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,778 posts)FOR NOW.
NEXT UP-
Rocks and bottles, soon to be followed by pitchforks and torches.
Seinan Sensei
(1,755 posts)Imagine his surprise.
He thought they said, Buried in booze
FalloutShelter
(14,778 posts)You win the thread.
riversedge
(82,458 posts)Why is the secretary of defense at an event regarding DC? What could that possibly have to do with his job title?
Why is the secretary of defense at an event regarding DC? What could that possibly have to do with his job title?
— This Is Exhausting (@thisisexhausting.bsky.social) 2026-07-02T13:56:07.869Z
I dont know, probably because they are basically at war against the people who live here. This has been an occupied city for almost a year now.
I donât know, probably because they are basically at war against the people who live here. This has been an occupied city for almost a year now.
— amanda moore ð¢ (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social) 2026-07-02T14:55:29.882Z
Grins
(9,633 posts)The orange menace HAS to gave his boot-lickers with him all the time. Look at his Oval Office press events with all his stooges standing behind him.
Dont they have day-jobs???
aeromanKC
(4,017 posts)sakabatou
(46,579 posts)llmart
(17,797 posts)SeattleVet
(5,979 posts)FakeNoose
(43,323 posts)
Harker
(18,362 posts)Ray Bruns
(7,055 posts)You know, that thing those soldiers are sworn to protect and defend.
surfered
(15,330 posts)And they spent $125 million changing the name of The Department of Defense to The Department of War.
How much more to change the name to The Department of Incompetence?
Hassler
(4,996 posts)How many days since your last drink? You know, the thing he vowed to quit doing if he was approved to be SOW.
3825-87867
(2,063 posts)SOW!
3825-87867
(2,063 posts)
twodogsbarking
(20,019 posts)Justice matters.
(10,275 posts)boats in international waters without due process (i.g. evidence provided), punk?
AverageOldGuy
(4,426 posts)Unlike ICE, no one was killed, no one was beaten senseless, no one was pepper-sprayed.
chowder66
(12,746 posts)Harker
(18,362 posts)Thanks for all the fear and uncertainty!
Thanks for wrecking the trust and good will of our friends, neighbors, and allies!
How's that for a start?
tonekat
(2,610 posts)So STFU!
vapor2
(5,221 posts)oasis
(54,495 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(184,681 posts)Hegseth is an incompetent idiot who has been hurting our military. Why should anyone be grateful to him???