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The Rich Zeoli Show

Zeoli: Pete Hegseth Should NOT Backdown

The Rich Zeoli Show

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4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, president-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing his Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), or former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby. On Wednesday, Hegseth spoke with the press on Capitol Hill and revealed that Trump encouraged him to keep fighting during a conversation earlier in the day. 6:30pm- Though no Republican Senator has publicly opposed Pete Hegseth’s nomination to Secretary of Defense, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) revealed that he believes the allegations against the Fox News host are “disturbing.” 6:40pm- In a statement released on Sunday, President Joe Biden announced his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden of any offenses “which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in” dating back to 2014. Earlier this year, the younger Biden had been convicted of federal gun and tax evasion charges. A sentencing hearing had been scheduled for later this month. In his statement, President Biden justified his decision by claiming the Department of Justice treated his son “differently” and that he had been “singled out.” President Biden had previously said—on multiple occasions—that he would not pardon his son.

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0:00.0

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0:16.1

Do not let them get the scalp of Pete Hanks-F. Don't let them get that scalp. That's what they want.

0:25.0

Do not let them do it. Welcome back to the show. Glad you're here. It is our fourth and final hour on Talk Radio 1210, WPHT. Look, they got Matt Gates and then they figure, let's just keep going and going here.

0:39.2

And what's crazy about this is that these are supposedly our people.

0:43.4

Republicans have the majority in the United States Senate, and this is what we're talking about.

0:46.7

This is the conversation that we're having right now about whether or not Pete Hegseth will make it.

0:51.1

This is the swap. This is exactly what I mean, the Uniparty.

0:53.8

He's a threat to the Uniparty. He's a threat to the

0:54.7

uniparty, and that's why they don't want him. He put out a great comment today on X, which I

0:59.6

shared earlier, and I think it's really worth repeating, because good for him for saying this,

1:04.6

and I think this is exactly the problem here, exactly what they're doing. He said, I am doing this for the war fighters, not the war mongers.

1:13.6

The left is afraid of disruptors and change agents. They are afraid of real Donald Trump and me.

1:19.4

So they smear with fake anonymous sources and BS stories. They don't want truth. Our warriors never back down.

1:25.6

And neither will I.

1:28.2

And a picture of him in his service in what I believe is Iraq, could be Afghanistan, though,

1:32.6

in 2005, I'm not exactly sure, but either way, him with a bunch of his fellow comrades in arms,

1:38.6

soldiers in arms, I shouldn't say comrades because the left didn't win, but you get the point.

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