“You know, what a big surprise that a bunch of, a few leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out from the same media that peddled the Russia hoax, won’t give back their Pulitzers. They’ve got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies, Pulitzers for a bunch of lies, and on hoaxes time and time and again, and as they peddle those lies, no one ever calls them on it.
“See, this is what the media does. They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations. Not going to work with me. Because we’re changing the Defense Department, putting the Pentagon back in the hands of war fighters, and anonymous smears from disgruntled former employees on old news doesn’t matter.
“So I’m happy to be here at the Easter Egg Roll with my dad and my kids because this is what we’re doing it for. These kids right here. This is why we’re fighting the fake news media. This is why we’re fighting slash-and-burn Democrats. This is where we’re finding hoaxsters, hoaxers. This group, no, no, this group right here [points at reporters], full of hoaxers that peddle anonymous sources from leakers with axes to grind.
“And then you put it all together as if it’s some news story. And when we know it, we know exactly what it is. So I’m really proud of what we’re doing. For the president, fighting hard across the board, and I’m gonna go roll some Easter eggs with my kids. Thank you very much. Have spoken to the president and we are gonna continue fighting on the same page all the way.” – Pete Hegseth.
Pete Hegseth went on a wild rant against the media at the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday after reporters pressed him on the past week of chaos at the Pentagonhttps://t.co/e17RFpLHN3
— Rolling Stone Politics (@RSPolitics) April 21, 2025
Secretary Pete Hegseth just spent 90 seconds absolutely FILLETING the fake news media
“What a big surprise! A few leakers get fired and a few hit pieces come out from the same media that peddled the Russia hoax!”
“This is what the media does. They take anonymous sources from… pic.twitter.com/6TJRQEDyna
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 21, 2025