The Asinine Complaint that National Review Has Attacked Pete Hegseth and Covered for Lloyd Austin

If you were pulling for Pete Hegseth to get confirmed as the next secretary of defense, then the morning’s news indicating that several GOP senators are wary and Trump is examining other options is no doubt quite frustrating — although for what it’s worth, Hegseth says this morning he has no intention to withdraw his nomination.

But in response to today’s Morning Jolt, I noticed a reader fuming and asking, “Why has NR written more articles undermining Pete in 3 weeks than it wrote exposing massive incompetence with Sec Def in the past 4 years?”

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If you were pulling for Pete Hegseth to get confirmed as the next secretary of defense, then the morning’s news indicating that several GOP senators are wary and Trump is examining other options is no doubt quite frustrating — although for what it’s worth, Hegseth says this morning he has no intention to withdraw his nomination.

But in response to today’s Morning Jolt, I noticed a reader fuming and asking, “Why has NR written more articles undermining Pete in 3 weeks than it wrote exposing massive incompetence with Sec Def in the past 4 years?”