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Fox Anchor Pete Hegseth Humiliates Himself at CPAC When He Claims Normal Americans Sit Around Talking About the ’10th Amendment’
They should hold CPAC every other week. Or, instead of a three-day showcase, just hold it weekly on Saturday night, do it live, so that it can compete against Saturday night live. We have already seen the entrance of the golden Trump, we have seen Junior go OFF on The Muppets, we saw Ted Cruz bomb in his comedy routine, we’ve seen Kimberly shake that thing (who hasn’t?) and all kinds of other stuff that we’re sure flew under the radar but was just as precious.
But they saved some of the best for the finale speakers of the night, all in the run-up to Trump tomorrow. Tonight, Pete Hegseth spoke. We don’t know much about Pete, but knowing that he was invited to give the Saturday evening address at CPAC says quite a bit about him. After all, we were available and no one asked us, but they did ask Pete. We suspect we know the difference.
Pete has his finger on the pulse of regular Americans. You remember “regular Americans” right? Regular Americans are white, of course, regular Americans don’t live in any city bigger than Omaha. You might be a white American that lives in Minneapolis, but you are not a regular American. Regular Americans don’t have college degrees. They may have “some” college, but not degrees. Regular Americans eat at diners, none of the fancy McDonald’s lattes for them, and Hegseth knows these people so well he knows what’s on their minds. (Hegseth has two Ivy League degrees, by the way).
Regular Americans care about the Bible, they care about standing for the national anthem, and they care about the 10th Amendment. You heard that right, they don’t care about their wages, they don’t care about healthcare, they don’t care about putting their kids through college, no they care about the Bible (fine, whatever, what does that have to do with conservatism? Maybe they could read it sometime.). They care about standing for the fcking national anthem! (Which is to say that they don’t like black people that aren’t afraid to be black). And they care about the 10th Amendment even if they can’t spell “10.”
Pete Hegseth says that when he sits down with real Americans at diners across this nation, "they're not talking about esoteric things that the Ivy League talks about." They're talking about things like the Bible, standing for the national anthem … and the 10th Amendment. pic.twitter.com/YELviZB1nH
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 27, 2021
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We are a bit pissed off because some of us have very elite educations – worked fairly hard for it – and our elite concerns don’t matter because we didn’t attend actual Ivy League schools? One of the things we find ironic is that the people who have gone to elite schools (let’s leave the Ivy league thing out) are often the ones most looking to put money into the pocket of Greg’s viewers. And therein may lay the problem. Hegseth might be wanting to take money out of their pockets. Hard to tell.
This made the net roll:
Fwiw we led our show last night with the fact the minimum wage is too low and it’s too hard to make ends meet for too many Americans. But maybe that’s more esoteric than the 10th amendment, I dunno. https://t.co/bgB66H9GDs
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 27, 2021
“Real Americans” talk about the 10th Amendment? https://t.co/McdLqaaBm2
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 27, 2021
The 10th Amendment when it heard people were finally talking about it pic.twitter.com/UsIxDuipzc
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) February 27, 2021
I'm 36 years old. The 10th Amendment has literally never come up in a single conversation I've ever had.
— I Smoked The Used Condom PAC (@BlackKnight10k) February 27, 2021
So who is going to tell Pete Hegseth that Trump voters haven't got a clue about what the 10th Amendment actually is?
— Chafed Charlie (@ChafedCharlie) February 27, 2021
Oh god if another friend or random stranger comes up to me and starts going on and on about the 10th Amendment and how cool it is to talk about the 10th Amendment…
— Patrick Skinner (@SkinnerPm) February 28, 2021
Never have I ever had or heard a conversation in a diner the 10th amendment. But I am getting phone calls about that Nazi stage at CPAC. https://t.co/yvqCyL8D0N
— Nita Cosby (@5_2blue) February 27, 2021
so the 10th amendment…. you mean like how states have rights to run their own elections how they choose and the feds or other states don't have a say…..that one?
We are talking about how republicans ignore the constitution as it suits them
— #LeaveTheGOP (@TheTangerineTa1) February 27, 2021
I was saying this to my 7 year old just this morning.
I said, “Don’t worry that mommy’s minimum wage job won’t put food on the table AND keep a roof over our heads… Republicans care about the 10th Amendment, sweetie. So, it’s like gonna be ok. Someday. I hope. Let’s pray.”— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) February 27, 2021
When I go to my local diner in NE Philly, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people talking about the 10th Amendment…Actually I can. It’s zero. Lots of Eagles and Flyers talk though. https://t.co/C9FDv3EjWO
— US Rep Brendan Boyle (@RepBrendanBoyle) February 28, 2021
[walks into high school]
[turns chair around and sits on it backwards]Hey, fellow kids…
Who's ready for some real talk about the 10th Amendment? pic.twitter.com/HgvLVokiOJ
— JRehling (@JRehling) February 28, 2021
We think you get the point here.
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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