CNN Digs Up Bill Kristol’s Endorsement Video for Pete Hegseth

This editor has said before that he wonders what has happened to CNN's Andy Kaczynski, aka KFILE. The whole reason CNN brought him on staff is that he had shown a talent for digging up old dirt on candidate Donald Trump. And for the most part, he's been drinking from the CNN water cooler and targeting conservatives exclusively. Until recently, that is. Lately, he's dug up some embarrassing footage of progressives.

You could say he's outing a Republican here, but we're talking about Never Trumper Bill Kristol. Kaczynski found Kristol's endorsement video for Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth:

Bill Kristol made an endorsement video for Hegseth when he ran for Minnesota Senate.https://t.co/7HzDfbsKkc

— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) November 13, 2024

Let's check in with Kristol and see what he's had to say about Hegseth since Trump picked him:

“There’s zero chance Roger Wicker thinks Hegseth a defensible selection. Nor do Tom Cotton or Dan Sullivan. Will they say that publicly? It will be easier if there’s thorough research into Hegseth’s background and marshaling of evidence for his unfitness.” https://t.co/Vuy87kFp9H
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 13, 2024

“The story that emerges from Hegseth’s sleeve provides a veritable checklist of today’s Christian nationalist folklore…Is Hegseth likely to prevent Trump from using the military against Americans, as the president-elect has stated he intends to do?” https://t.co/yKdgkD2Upm
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 14, 2024

Dear President Trump and Elon Musk,

Palantir is on Team Trump!!!

We’ll even pretend Pete Hegseth is qualified to be SecDef. Please, please, please…be nice to us over the next four years.

Sincerely,

Your corporate allies who really do want to Make America Great Again https://t.co/UinL8Xu5No
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 14, 2024

Is someone who says things like that, and who covers his body in the symbols that Hegseth does, likely to prevent Trump from using the military against Americans, as the president-elect has publicly stated he intends to do?
In American Crusade, Hegseth offers this mot: “Welcome to the Warring Twenties!” Does that sound like the wit of a man whose mind is set on restraining the president’s martial impulses?
Fortunately for us, Hegseth has printed warnings all over his body. Let’s hope that Republicans in the Senate heed those signs.

We guess Kristol hadn't seen Hegseth shirtless before he shot that endorsement video.

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