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Sat Nov 30, 2024, 01:09 PM Nov 2024

'Pete Hegseth's Mom Called Him Abuser of Women in Released Email'

"Penelope Hegseth, mother of former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, wrote a heated email calling him an 'abuser of women' in the midst of his 2018 divorce proceedings, according to The New York Times — a revelation that comes as Hegseth gears up for confirmation hearings to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of defense."

"The Times said the Penelope Hegseth copied Samantha Hegseth, Pete’s second wife, on the message at the time it was sent. The outlet received a copy from another person with ties to the family."

"In the message, Penelope Hegseth wrote that she had to speak up 'after listening to the way you made Samantha feel today.'"

“'You are an abuser of women — that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego,' she wrote. 'You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.'”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-hegseths-mom-abuser-new-york-times_n_674b2a1de4b05dd8881573a6

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'Pete Hegseth's Mom Called Him Abuser of Women in Released Email' (Original Post) sop Nov 2024 OP
Kick dalton99a Nov 2024 #1
Damn. Penelope didn't hold back. underpants Nov 2024 #2
And last night, Rita Cosby deflected this story no_hypocrisy Nov 2024 #3
Time to... FeelingBlue Nov 2024 #4
Kick blueseas Nov 2024 #5

underpants

(188,940 posts)
2. Damn. Penelope didn't hold back.
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 01:22 PM
Nov 2024

I’ll give him if Tulsi is stopped. He has no idea what the job entails. I’d expect the brass will wear him out.

McEntee is another favorite of Trump’s. He could very well end up as a nominee or posting in the second wave of hires (6-18 months).

no_hypocrisy

(50,404 posts)
3. And last night, Rita Cosby deflected this story
Sat Nov 30, 2024, 01:22 PM
Nov 2024

by going after Doug Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris.

False equivalence and irrelevance.

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