Former Fox News host and current nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth elicited more than a few chuckles at Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s expense Monday after the Massachusetts lawmaker tried to trap him with a question over whether he’d commit to not getting a defense industry job after serving as Sec Def, should he be confirmed.
“Your words - you’re quite sure every General who serves should not go directly into the defense industry for 10 years, but you're not willing to make that same pledge?” Warren fired off at Hegseth during the first day of his Senate confirmation hearings.
To which Hegseth simply responded, ”I'm not a General, Senator.”
At which point the room erupted in laughter as Warren struggled to get herself together.
Watch the hilarity:
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Warren: "You are quite sure every General who serves should not go directly into the defense industry for 10 years, but you're not willing to make that same pledge?
Hegseth: "I'm not a… pic.twitter.com/ELmpwlNyxF
