Leader Jeffries: Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

[Dennis Donovan]

Hakeem Jeffries
‪@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social‬
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

March 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM

https://bsky.app/profile/hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social/post/3lla7lqbf3s2b

[Frasier Balzov]

1. Trump kept national security material in his bathroom.

That has taken much of the outrage out of this latest incident.

Frogboil.

[Autumn]

2. He's not going to resign, he's not going to be fired. You know that, I know that. Focus on that asshole

Musk destroying our country.

[ecstatic]

3. focus on both (and trump)!

Hegseth *must* be go. His actions (that we know about) are already too reckless to move forward. There's too much at stake.

[Paladin]

15. Yeah, OK. Be there in a moment.

Give me just a short time to be pathetically grateful for somebody in Democratic leadership, directing some forceful language in trump's direction. Call it wish fulfillment.

[Autumn]

17. They are paid quite well to do the job they were elected to do. I will not be

greatful for a throwaway letter that he knows will do nothing.

[Paladin]

27. Trust me, I agree with you.

Should have used my sarcasm indicator...

[Skittles]

18. Hegseth is a THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY

I know Musk is too but we have to be able to MULTI-TASK with all these fascist fucks.

[Autumn]

20. Yes he is, all of Trumps picks are. Nothing, and I mean nothing is going to happen to him.

he will not resign, he will not be fired. He is a member of Trumps cabinet and Republicans will die to protect Trumps people. What Musk is doing is illegal. There is where the focus should be and making sure every Democrat is screaming what they are doing from the rooftops.

[Skittles]

30. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD NOT BE BRINGING UP THESE ISSUES

WTF

OVER AND OUT

[Autumn]

36. Did you miss this?

"making sure every Democrat is screaming what they are doing from the rooftops."

IMO too few are doing that.

[krkaufman]

4. Didn't say enough.

Jeffries should have also referenced Hegseth’s deceit regarding the text chain after it was disclosed, emphasizing that he’s broken the basic trust with the American people on which his position depends.

[SilasSouleII]

19. Sometimes, less is more

Direct and to the point. The letter was addressed to the potus after all. There will be plenty of letters, memos, reports, talk show interviews that can include all the sordid details. Letting it unwind at a slower pace so it gains legs being talked about, with new revelations daily.

[stillcool]

5. It's finally happened

I'm numb to it all. Saw my Congressman last night with a virtual town hall, I feel for him and for all the people trying to get an honest, truthful understanding of what's going on, but other than that...nothing. I'll go to the April 5th protest, make my little sign, and wait for next. Enjoy the hell out of every aspect of my life where I can find joy. Fuck it.

[Attilatheblond]

7. Completely understand

Am wavering between same and trying to keep involved in local resistance. It's a struggle.

[lame54]

6. Regardless of results...

Good for you Jeffries
Call them out at every turn
Put up obstacles
Make them work for everything

[NoRethugFriends]

10. I'm sure his statement will have a huge effect

[lame54]

11. We would be complaining if he made no statement

[NoRethugFriends]

21. Not I

[Cha]

8. Mahalo, Leader Hakeem Jeffries!

Exactly... get it out there!

TY

[johnnyfins]

9. If I were any of the servicemen

Executing that plan, I would be REALLY pissed right now.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. Jeffries couldn't be more right.

And ignoring him means they all intend to destroy us within our own government.

[Buddyzbuddy]

13. The Republican response is a little different.

Louisiana, your Republican Senator thinks you're too stupid to understand the true ramifications of this breech of National Security.
Per the Huffington Post, today

Huffington Post
By Igor Bobic
Mar 24, 2025, 08:56 PM EDT
Updated 2 hours ago


Excerpt:

“What I will say, in order to illustrate the shocking recklessness of this Signal conversation, is that the Hegseth post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen, including information about targets, weapons the U.S. would be deploying, and attack sequencing,” Goldberg wrote, disclosing he left the conversation at that point.

“Do I wish it hadn’t happened? Of course,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said. “Do they wish it hadn’t happened? Of course. But this is not keeping the American people up at night.”
“Obviously, a mistake was made,” he added. “But mistakes happen, and this is, trust me, this is not going to lead to the apocalypse, OK?”

[Karasu]

14. Every week since this administration took office, they've been firing tens of thousands of people for no reason

other than to "save" an insignificant amount of federal money. They have no legs to stand on.

[royable]

22. Speaking for myself, it kept me up at night. I'm operating on fumes today. n/t

[MLWR]

25. Hey, Senator Cornpone, it's keeping ME up at night. GFY.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. MaddowBlog-'Heads must roll': Democrats pounce on White House's latest national security scandal

Those hoping to see Democrats take the “Signalgate” controversy seriously didn’t have to wait long. Hakeem Jeffries said the story "shocks the conscience."
https://bsky.app/profile/hategop.bsky.social/post/3ll7sq2c2sc2w

‘Heads must roll’: Democrats pounce on White House’s latest national security scandal.
Those hoping to see Democrats take the “Signalgate” controversy seriously didn’t have to wait long. Hakeem Jeffries said the story "shocks the conscience."

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/heads-must-roll-democrats-pounce-white-houses-latest-national-security-rcna197949

Those hoping to see Democrats take the controversy seriously didn’t have to wait long. The Washington Post reported:

Congressional Democrats on Monday called for investigations over the leak of highly sensitive military plans involving top Cabinet officials and the editor in chief of The Atlantic. ... While the White House admitted that officials had made a mistake in adding Goldberg to the chat, Democrats in Congress argued that the acknowledgment isn’t enough and that the error must be investigated.

“The leak of sensitive national security information by the Trump administration on a non-classified system is completely outrageous and shocks the conscience,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement. “It is yet another unprecedented example that our nation is increasingly more dangerous because of the elevation of reckless and mediocre individuals, including the Secretary of Defense.”

The New York Democrat added, “If House Republicans are truly serious about keeping America safe, and not simply being sycophants and enablers, they must join Democrats in a swift, serious and substantive investigation into this unacceptable and irresponsible national security breach.”

Around the same time, on the other side of Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer delivered floor remarks in which the New York Democrat said, “This debacle requires a full investigation into how this happened, the damage it created, and how we can avoid it in the future. If our nation’s military secrets are being peddled around over unsecure text chains, we need to know at once and we need to put a stop to it immediately. Every single Senator — Republican and Democrat and Independent — must demand accountability.”.....

The next question, of course, is what they’ll do next.

Because Democrats are in the minority, they can’t call committee hearings or send subpoenas to the Trump administration. That said, members can launch investigations — several Democrats have already indicated their examinations are already underway — and issue reports.

They can also ask good questions during congressional hearings, including a Senate hearing that’s poised to begin with testimony from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Finally, they can at least try to organize unofficial hearings. “Only one word for this: FUBAR,” Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan of New York, an Army veteran who sits on the Armed Services Committee, wrote online. “If House Republicans won’t hold a hearing on how this happened IMMEDIATELY, I’ll do it my damn self.”

[electric_blue68]

28. I called as a NYS'r from NYC, obviously not from his district but wanted to thank him to go after this debacle....

Certainly, as an AF Vet he gets it in a visceral way.

[elocs]

23. There is very little "must" left in our political world & none in the Trump world. n't

[chowder66]

24. Why stop there? The dereliction from all of them is horrifying.

[Beartracks]

26. I'm certain that, as a Republican, Hegseth will get right on top of doing the right thing.

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[Gimpyknee]

29. Jeffries letter is too long for Trump to read.

[Mr. Evil]

31. That sentence toward the end

"... and likely violated the law." WTF does that even mean? Either they broke the law or they didn't! Don't give them any gray area to start wriggling out of accountability. This will drag out until the next fuck-up and it will be forgotten with, once again, no consequences.

[Mr. Evil]

32. For Pete Kegsbreath to be fired,

TSF would have to admit he made a mistake. TSF will never admit he made a mistake. According to him he never makes mistakes. So, Sec Def Pete will carry on getting paid to be a drunken blabbermouth doofus by the American taxpayers.

[Mysterian]

33. Good job!

Keep the heat on. Lives depend on it.

[Ruby the Liberal]

34. What a useless statement

We are completely rudderless.

[Xoan]

35. Snort

[eppur_se_muova]

37. EVERYONE in that chat should be impeached.

R's tried to impeach Majorkas over nothing; 18 members of Turnip's cabinet just committed an impeachable offense by trying to circumvent Presidential Records Law and using non-secure comms against official requirements to do so.