In his past life, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth did some things he is not proud of but insists that he is a different man today. Instead of celebrating Hegseth’s transformation, the late night comedians mocked his pledge not to drink on the job on their Wednesday shows and attacked his mom for defending him.
On CBS’s The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert declared, “In case you didn't know, having a Secretary of Defense who cannot stay sober might be bad, because ‘a Secretary of Defense is generally working at all hours and might need to respond to a crisis at any time, day or night.’ Now, to calm fears about this exact issue, Hegseth's team has released this ad.”
The satirical ad started with Hillary Clinton’s 2008 “It’s 3 a.m.” ad, where the narrator asks, “It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?” and was followed by a fake Hegseth adding, “It's Pete, bitch, I’m drinking Baileys out of my third wife's shoes! Woo hoo! Let's bomb France!”
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