Pete Hegseth shuts down a senator’s attempt to lecture him on the art of war

ANGUS KING: “Your position is torture’s okay. Is that correct? Waterboarding? Torture is no longer prohibited given the circumstances of whatever war we’re in. Is that correct?”

HEGSETH: “Senator, that is not what I said. I’ve never been party to torture. We are a country that fights by the rule of law, and our men and women always do. And yet we have too many people here in air-conditioned offices that like to point fingers at the guys in dark and dangerous places, the gals in helicopters in enemy territory who are doing things that people in Washington, D.C., would never dare to do.”

NEW: Pete Hegseth shuts down a senator’s attempt to lecture him on the art of war.

ANGUS KING: “Your position is torture’s okay. Is that correct? Waterboarding? Torture is no longer prohibited given the circumstances of whatever war we’re in. Is that correct?”

HEGSETH:… pic.twitter.com/aO0JaBQpuQ

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