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Raw Story: Angry GOP senator gets fact-checked on MSNBC as he tries to dismiss Hegseth claims
Raw Story - Angry GOP senator gets fact-checked on MSNBC as he tries to dismiss Hegseth claims
Matthew Chapman
November 21, 2024 3:02PM ET
With Matt Gaetz withdrawing from consideration to be Donald Trump's attorney general, and Fox News personality Pete Hegseth's Pentagon nomination on the ropes amid explosive allegations of sexual assault, some pro-Trump Republican senators are lashing out and claiming it's all a hit job.
MSNBC's Ali Vitali brought the fact-check hammer down one attempt Thursday.
One particularly outspoken Trump defender, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), was caught by reporters on Thursday asking, "Did you talk to him about the sexual assault allegations?"
"You missed what I said earlier," Hagerty shot back. "It's a disgrace that — those allegations are nothing but what you said, allegations, that are he-said, she-said. This is a case that has been dismissed. This is just dredging up something to try to smear and discredit the candidate. It reminds me what happened to Brett Kavanaugh."
Vitali, however, had a few things to say about that to MSNBC viewers who saw the clip of Hagerty.
"So we're watching Republican senators try to downplay the sexual assault allegations and also try to compare them to that of then-Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh," she said.
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Matthew Chapman
November 21, 2024 3:02PM ET
With Matt Gaetz withdrawing from consideration to be Donald Trump's attorney general, and Fox News personality Pete Hegseth's Pentagon nomination on the ropes amid explosive allegations of sexual assault, some pro-Trump Republican senators are lashing out and claiming it's all a hit job.
MSNBC's Ali Vitali brought the fact-check hammer down one attempt Thursday.
One particularly outspoken Trump defender, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), was caught by reporters on Thursday asking, "Did you talk to him about the sexual assault allegations?"
"You missed what I said earlier," Hagerty shot back. "It's a disgrace that — those allegations are nothing but what you said, allegations, that are he-said, she-said. This is a case that has been dismissed. This is just dredging up something to try to smear and discredit the candidate. It reminds me what happened to Brett Kavanaugh."
Vitali, however, had a few things to say about that to MSNBC viewers who saw the clip of Hagerty.
"So we're watching Republican senators try to downplay the sexual assault allegations and also try to compare them to that of then-Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh," she said.
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