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21. This includes only images of Ernst and Hegseth with a (possibly AI-rendered) narrator's voice

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 11:30 AM

12 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?

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] LetMyPeopleVote 13 hrs ago OP

She's endured a lot from the MAGA crowd and is about to spew forward. GOOD. hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #1

shithole and administration have been.... Lovie777 13 hrs ago #2

Hegseth is Major Major Major. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #3

Joseph Heller's best name in Catch-22! Excellent reference. NNadir 13 hrs ago #7

Well, he's a major asshole! Hey Joe 12 hrs ago #20

The Fox News host is a well-known liar. dalton99a 13 hrs ago #4

Wow! Finally she does something Ars Longa 13 hrs ago #5

Is this that AI sh*t? Submariner 13 hrs ago #6

I checked orangecrush 13 hrs ago #9

I always thought it was Rep. Nancy Mace leading that specific charge. Emile 13 hrs ago #11

Yes. Here is actual footage: IcyPeas 12 hrs ago #23

I did not hear her edhopper 12 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 12 hrs ago #29

See actual clip below IcyPeas 12 hrs ago #31

He was a failed infantry officer Aviation Pro 13 hrs ago #8

I don't like the lady angrychair 13 hrs ago #10

I love your posts but orangecrush 13 hrs ago #12

I couldn't find an original video of her actual words. Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #13

Same. progressoid 13 hrs ago #19

Here is actual footage: IcyPeas 12 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 12 hrs ago #30

This message was self-deleted by its author AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #14

please either verify this or delete. mopinko 13 hrs ago #15

This looks a lot like AI to me. Grumpy Old Guy 13 hrs ago #16

Here: IcyPeas 12 hrs ago #27

I call BS. She voted to confirm Hegseth. She is not running for re-election Raven123 13 hrs ago #17

The same Joni Ernst that voted to confirm him? LR3 13 hrs ago #18

This includes only images of Ernst and Hegseth with a (possibly AI-rendered) narrator's voice Pinback 12 hrs ago #21

ACTUAL VIDEO FROM HEARING IcyPeas 12 hrs ago #22

lol - i didn't see your post when i posted this two minutes later. orleans 12 hrs ago #26

here's a REAL video of ernst orleans 12 hrs ago #24

You need to delete this. It's fake; this never happened. Ocelot II 12 hrs ago #32