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.
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Meanwhile, back over at Comedy Central, The Daily Show’s host of the week, Ronny Chieng, also tried to suggest Penelope Hegseth coming to her son’s defense was disqualifying, “What kind of parent-teacher conference are we watching right now? Because the future Secretary of Defense needs his mom to come out and defend him? I thought you were against women in combat roles. And besides, I never saw Donald Rumsfeld be like, ‘Hey, I have a warning for the Taliban. Mom, you tell them.’”
Chieng added, “Now, the reason Pete's mom is part of this story is because a few years ago, during his second divorce, his mom sent him an email where she called him, her own son, a habitual cheater, liar, and abuser of women. But now she's saying, eh, don't worry about it!”
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