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Demovictory9

(36,446 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 04:04 PM Thursday

Sexist Pete Hegseth thinks its playing "little games" to call out his exclusion of the female bomber pilot

Pete Hegseth Mocks Reporter Over Female B-2 Pilot Credit https://share.google/JB562FnMudr8lzKXJ

During a Sunday morning press conference following the attack, Hegseth heaped praise on President Donald Trump and the military campaign that saw six “bunker buster” bombs dropped on key nuclear sites in the country. He also casually called the B-2 pilots who dropped the 15-ton bombs on targets in Iran “our boys on those bombers,” which instantly got the Gray Lady in high dudgeon.

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“Why didn’t you acknowledge the female pilots that also participated in this mission,” she asked. “The early messages that you sent out only congratulated the boys.”

“So when I say something like our boys and bombers — see, this is the kind of thing the press does, right?” Hegseth ridiculed. “Of course, the chairman mentioned a female bomber pilot. That’s fantastic. She’s fantastic, she’s a hero. I want more female bomber pilots. I hope the men and women of our country sign up to do such brave and audacious things.”

“But when you spin it as, because I say our boys and bombers as a common phrase, I’ll keep saying things like that, whether they’re men or women, very proud of that female pilot, just like I’m very proud of those male pilots and I don’t care if it’s a male or a female in that cockpit and the American people don’t care but it’s the obsession with race and gender in this department that’s changed priorities and we don’t do that anymore,” he continued. “We don’t play your little games.”

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Sexist Pete Hegseth thinks its playing "little games" to call out his exclusion of the female bomber pilot (Original Post) Demovictory9 Thursday OP
Excusion? bif Thursday #1
Oops Demovictory9 Thursday #6
Drunkgeth is a total douche, once again. He's empty upstairs... wcmagumba Thursday #2
He makes me sick. Dave Bowman Thursday #3
I understand. It would be extremely complicated if he said something silly like... chouchou Thursday #4
Additional words takes away from time praising Trump Demovictory9 Thursday #7
Not to mention, calling men "boys" is cringe-worthy. intheflow Thursday #10
We both know he should be working in a position where nothing can be damaged or broken.. chouchou Thursday #13
Hegseth is the one spinning because he's unqualified and way over his head in this position. Deuxcents Thursday #5
They are not BOYS you racist, sexist fuckstick JT45242 Thursday #8
His attempt to use language purple_haze Thursday #9
He thinks it makes him manly Demovictory9 Thursday #11
He really is beyond hope. milestogo Thursday #12

chouchou

(2,050 posts)
4. I understand. It would be extremely complicated if he said something silly like...
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 04:11 PM
Thursday

."....and all the Men and Women.." Oh Brother.

Demovictory9

(36,446 posts)
7. Additional words takes away from time praising Trump
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 04:16 PM
Thursday

Every press conference, time is devoted to praising trump

intheflow

(29,593 posts)
10. Not to mention, calling men "boys" is cringe-worthy.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:13 PM
Thursday

"men and women" is definitely what he should have said. But even "boys and girls" would have been an improvement.

chouchou

(2,050 posts)
13. We both know he should be working in a position where nothing can be damaged or broken..
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 07:01 PM
Thursday

...and not able to speak to any of the decent citizen population.

Deuxcents

(22,825 posts)
5. Hegseth is the one spinning because he's unqualified and way over his head in this position.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 04:13 PM
Thursday

JT45242

(3,432 posts)
8. They are not BOYS you racist, sexist fuckstick
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 04:17 PM
Thursday

They are soldiers.
They are pilots.
They are men and women.

They are not boys.

Save that term for when you wear your pillow cases with the eye holes you irredeemable drunk racist POS.

milestogo

(21,026 posts)
12. He really is beyond hope.
Thu Jun 26, 2025, 06:15 PM
Thursday

A man his age who is so clueless about women, trans people, and minorities shouldn't even have a job. He would lose one pretty quickly in the real world.

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