I just want to know why Pete Hegseth has yet to show up before a camera -- whatever the cause of the accident, the Black Hawk would have had more ability to avert it. Was he drunk in a gutter when this went down? - ThreadSky

emptywheel.bsky.social • 32 days ago

I just want to know why Pete Hegseth has yet to show up before a camera -- whatever the cause of the accident, the Black Hawk would have had more ability to avert it.

Was he drunk in a gutter when this went down?

Reposted from Garrett M. Graff

Think about this and how Fox and the GOP would politicize an Army helicopter crashing into a commercial airplane days after a Black woman president tried to gut air safety & installed the least qualified man ever as Defense Secretary.

THAT is the degree to which Dems should politicize this crash.

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bhunt1327.bsky.social•31 days ago

Is he hung over? Im just asking questions

lynn101.bsky.social•32 days ago

I would say YES.

amartin816.bsky.social•31 days ago

Probably

nobody-you-know.bsky.social•31 days ago

Almost everyone else in charge of something related to this crash, even if only tangentially, showed up for the presser this morning. Hegseth is probably still recovering from last night's binge.

smphelan.bsky.social•32 days ago

I'm wondering how that no drinking is going.
Otherwise he's busy looking to blame it on the woke if I had to guess.

loveisphere.bsky.social•32 days ago

All signs point to yes.

cristabel.bsky.social•31 days ago

Maybe he was flying the helo?

pittiechai.bsky.social•31 days ago

On his fifth zombie

jbplantagenet.bsky.social•31 days ago

I think he was getting interviewed on the White House lawn at or near the time of the crash.

Of course he was drunk.

casey1960.bsky.social•32 days ago

Properly

cold-feet.bsky.social•31 days ago

Sec. Of Defense, Sec. of Transportation, and possibly Sec. of Homeland Security should all be sweating in front of a camera.

same2u.bsky.social•31 days ago

Was he flying the Blackhawk? Because that would explain a lot.

dribrats.bsky.social•31 days ago

Is he still?

pj1304.bsky.social•31 days ago

He's looking for the hair of the dog.

ricktaugher.bsky.social•31 days ago

Good question that needs to be asked.

cptdoomdc.bsky.social•32 days ago

Hangover is still too severe, probably.

shanahstone.bsky.social•31 days ago

Probably drunk.

briankelleynj.com•31 days ago

He was literally complaining about DEI (and Trump *TAKING* Greenland?!!!) on Fox News about 30 minutes before the crash, it seems. This was posted at 8:45 pm ET. And, yes, he was probably drunk.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lgweew2k6t2b

suzabelle.bsky.social•31 days ago

Commented on it because I don't remember Lloyd Austin or any other Defense Secretary making the plug myself media rounds. Pretty sure they just did their jobs & every now & a again we'd get an informative presser. Trump's cosplay cabinet is already getting ppl killed.

burningfeet.bsky.social•31 days ago

Petey has that liar's tell of blinking furiously when he's making shit up.

stlugal.bsky.social•31 days ago

Or Duffy. I know he was just confirmed but he's in charge of transportation.

octavius-catto.bsky.social•32 days ago

Somebody sober up Pete Hegserh

eddie0028.bsky.social•31 days ago

It's happy hour 2 for 1 specials

maj0rmattmas0n.bsky.social•31 days ago

Yes.

jacksez.bsky.social•31 days ago

It was the black, female mayor of DC who managed the press conference. No DOD dude there.

terpiecat.bsky.social•32 days ago

He's still trying to figure out if he can blame the crash on DEI.

katog617.bsky.social•31 days ago

14 hours after the crash?

jhfhockey.bsky.social•31 days ago

Pete Hegseth: I'm not as think as you drunk I am!

1836republic.bsky.social•31 days ago

I sure hope that every restaurant & bar in DC has a picture of Hegseth & Democrats have employed PIs to follow his every drink.

shanel58.bsky.social•31 days ago

Hegseth was black out drunk at 8:47pm at the time of the crash. He woke up the next morning completely hung over.

reno96t.bsky.social•31 days ago

Then there was this crash the day before. The pilot survived by ejecting himself so there were no deaths, but it was the loss of a very expensive aircraft. The were two military aircraft crashes in two days (within the first three days of his leadership).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/29/f-35-fighter-jet-crash-alaska/78016190007/

rcinnc1.bsky.social•29 days ago

📌

reno96t.bsky.social•31 days ago

You know if this had been on Biden’s watch, the Republicans and the corporate media would be attacking him and General Austin all over the place.

rafaellawednesday.bsky.social•31 days ago

The helicopter was on its way to pick up the drunk secdef.
sounds plausible. Media: That's how to ask the question. Make him look bad WITH the question!
"Mr. Secretary is it true you were too drunk to make a statement earlier. There are rumors the helicopter was picking you up. Are you responsible?"

paytheman.bsky.social•31 days ago

Fox News says trump is directly responsible for this crash. I of course believe them.

jim1132.bsky.social•31 days ago

Bringing back the glorious Roaring 1920s sounds great until you remember they didn't have helicopters then, and airplanes were mostly made of wood.

mslynnemiller.bsky.social•31 days ago

I heard it described as the plane crashed into the helicopter! If you watch the video, the helo should have averted. It went directly toward the plane whose path was steady. 🤯

jrockme.bsky.social•32 days ago

At first, I thought he was flying it
Now I think he was drinking with the pilot

cielenbleu.bsky.social•31 days ago

Is that an actual question? The better question is when is he ever sober?

paulocuana.bsky.social•31 days ago

We have to put an end to DUI hires!

kimberleyfox.bsky.social•31 days ago

It was 100% the helicopter pilot’s responsibility to prevent a collision with traffic (the regional jet) he evidently confirmed he was aware of before being cleared to maintain visual separation.

The regional jet pilots had absolutely no responsibility for this collision.

voxindie.bsky.social•31 days ago

His response was apparently taped....before release...

pwrussell.bsky.social•32 days ago

Not sure they would have given Pete Buttigieg the same latitude.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/buttigieg-responds-east-palestine-criticism-calls-trumps-trip/story?id=97642497

ouroburros.bsky.social•31 days ago

He'll do all his press conferences in the P.M., in a low dim light and only after his daily pedialyte and IV drip

copernicium1473.bsky.social•31 days ago

My hunch is that Hegseth was probably drunk at the time while busy with his hands under a gal's clothes.

broph4.bsky.social•31 days ago

This 100%

adamfromphilly.bsky.social•32 days ago

since we have no FAA director (previous one hurt baby elon’s feelings) we’ll have to rely on the real world’s sean duffy to guide us through this crash and recovery

mer777.bsky.social•31 days ago

The double standards are mind blowing

kef1660.bsky.social•31 days ago

They should politicize everything possible. They need to do things differently than they have ever done things before.

rob11563.bsky.social•31 days ago

Pete Hegseth is drunk.

mikereinholz777.bsky.social•31 days ago

It is almost always the responsibility of the smaller craft to get out of the way of the bigger craft.

gigik04.bsky.social•31 days ago

I bet Pete is drunk or hungover.

ladylinds.bsky.social•32 days ago

He was definitely drunk when it happened

mrmyyx.bsky.social•31 days ago

You know.... If the press secretary can stand up there and claim Biden was asleep all the time, I see no reason not to say Hegseth was lying drunk in a gutter.

banjo99.bsky.social•32 days ago

He was real expressive with his hands in an interview last night. I get that way after a long day of work and a heavy IPA

tachimine.bsky.social•31 days ago

Alcohol is cheap on military installations. Pete's in heaven.

motown.bsky.social•32 days ago

Drunk as fuck.

chekovsgunman.bsky.social•32 days ago

Too busy yelling about woke on Fox News

njbrpe.bsky.social•31 days ago

hey he had a right to celebrate after two tough interviews by fox

bottle-sore is his right and he'll fight you for it

btw, landing plane on standard glide path encroached upon by helicopter