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UpInArms

(54,810 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2025, 11:45 AM Dec 2025

Poll: Should Pete Hegseth resign as U.S. defense secretary?

https://www.kmaland.com/should-pete-hegseth-resign-as-u-s-defense-secretary/poll_ae4841c6-c20e-47a8-b472-9e4f8ade9056.html

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Poll: Should Pete Hegseth resign as U.S. defense secretary? (Original Post) UpInArms Dec 2025 OP

Please DU this poll LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #1

No, he should be fired.. thomski64 Dec 2025 #2

He should be returned to active duty... MiHale Dec 2025 #3

Handcuffs would be the best. Scruffy1 Dec 12 #4

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,710 posts)

1. Please DU this poll

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 11:52 AM

Dec 2025

I miss DUing polls

thomski64

(902 posts)

2. No, he should be fired..

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 11:52 AM

Dec 2025

He should have been soundly rejected by the Senate. But to resign would indicate some grasp reality and at least, a vestigal moral compass, for which there's no evidence..

MiHale

(12,920 posts)

3. He should be returned to active duty...

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 12:23 PM

Dec 2025

Then court-martial his ass. The irony alone would be worth the effort.

Scruffy1

(3,530 posts)

4. Handcuffs would be the best.

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 11:22 AM

Dec 12

Washington has a long history that if you leave you got away with it. A lot of this is because once your gone congress has no power over you. Personally I would prefer a perp walk.

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