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Tom Tiffany: “That's why I think he picked Pete Hegseth because he wanted…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Tom Tiffany interviewed by Ben Dryden

Published | Video Starts at 19:58

Rather than thinking every day about how we're going to win the next war, we got these people that are just focused on being woken dei. And That's why I think he picked Pete Hegseth because he wanted to send a message to the generals. that, you know what this is about. The rank and file military and those grunts, they know what's going on up at top up on top and they're tired of it and we want to have a lethal fighting force. (19:58–20:06)

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Suggests Pete Hegseth's appointment is a message to military generals.

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