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DemocracyForever

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12. Hegseth can't handle the law

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 01:22 PM

Yesterday

It's the law that people in the military can refuse to follow illegal orders. There's even video of Hegseth making this same point in 2016. This attack on Senator Kelly for stating the law is further proof of how unqualified and incompetent Hegseth is.

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Lawyers for Sec Def Hegseth argued that military retirees were subject to freedom of speech restrictions [View all] BootinUp Yesterday OP

More proof he thinks our troops are HIS little toy soldiers The Blue Flower Yesterday #1

And yet they love him, it's so f-ed up. dem4decades Yesterday #3

I am not so sure the troops love him liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #7

Yeah, When I was in the military we were restricted to what we could say, especially to the press. Jacson6 Yesterday #2

Active military does cede some rights while serving Soul_of_Wit Yesterday #8

Lower than snakes. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #4

I am not a genius but I do know that it is not a good idea to piss off an old soldier. twodogsbarking Yesterday #5

Or an old Marine. MarineCombatEngineer 23 hrs ago #14

Reminiscent of the swiftboating of John Kerry Soul_of_Wit Yesterday #6

Yeah, they were wearing these stupid Band-Aids. Despicable idiots. Dave Bowman Yesterday #9

Well, ts gotta find some excuse to put more of those federal dollars in his pocket, you know. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #10

The only faint brush with military service that the current SCOTUS has is... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #11

Hegseth can't handle the law DemocracyForever Yesterday #12

Hegseth is a 'passed-over' Major pfitz59 23 hrs ago #13

Lawyers for Sec.Hegseth are just as full of shit oasis 23 hrs ago #15