And for anybody who listened to that hearing last week, one of the really interesting parts was at the end when Pete Hegseth's lawyer, which is a DOJ lawyer, said that If any service member like myself who served 20 or 25 years in the military, if they want their First Amendment rights, they should give up their retirement, give up their pension, give up their health care. and then they would be free to speak out. How un American is that? People who have given the most for this country are being asked now by this administration … (03:30–03:43)
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