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Showing Original Post only (View all)'Ingratitude!' Hegseth lashes out at 'ingrates' burying Trump's top officials in boos [View all]
Source: raw story
Nicole Charky-Chami July 2, 2026 10:27AM ET
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was furious as demonstrators overpowered Trump administration officials speaking to a crowd of National Guard members on Thursday.
Hegseth, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Steven Nordhaus were speaking to the group of about 200 guard members ahead of the Fourth of July at Meridian Hill Park when the sounds of booing and sirens started to drown out the speeches.
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2677147222/
ah shucky--no wants to listen to little Petty boy!!
Pete Hegseth: "This background noise is perfect. It's the sound of ingrates, of ingratitude, of people who are so blinded by ideology they can't see law and order and common sense in front of them."
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'Ingratitude!' Hegseth lashes out at 'ingrates' burying Trump's top officials in boos [View all]
riversedge
12 hrs ago
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"I'm here at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, where protesters are greeting Peter Hegseth as he arrives for a ceremony rela
riversedge
12 hrs ago
#1
Speaking of ingrates, ingratitude and people blinded by ideology, I give you Secretary of Dense Hogbtreath.
marble falls
12 hrs ago
#2
"Why is the secretary of defense at an event regarding DC? What could that possibly have to do with his job title?
riversedge
12 hrs ago
#4
Hey Pete, that's the sound of the people exercising their first amendment rights.
Ray Bruns
11 hrs ago
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