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Pat Kreitlow: “Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, [held] a big…”

Featuring: Pat Kreitlow, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 23:40

I mean, that's just my two cents. Yeah, yeah. But I bring up the name changes because of the, the metaphor of the week is the way social media has jumped all over Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, [held] a big ceremony as he put the screws into a sign that changes the Department of Defense to the Department of War. And Mark, the, the metaphors were wonderful. Just the uselessness of or really is a metaphor for the Trump administration changing the name on something, changing the sign out front. (23:40–23:54)

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