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Not Saying Hegseth Has Become A ‘Joke,’ But . . .

Jerusalem Demsas Audie Cornish Chuck Rocha Kristen Soltis Anderson CNN This Morning 4-22-25 On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, commenting on new reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a second Signal chat [that included his wife] in which military plans were discussed, host Audie Cornish said: 

“At some point, does it move from it’s a joke to he’s a joke? And I’m not saying that’s what’s happening, but, like, it starts out, Operation Overshare, and then next thing you know . . .”

So Audie’s not saying . . . but she’s saying. Got it.

Cornish also made the comical claim that Hegseth is “not getting criticism from longtime Democrats.”  As PBS correspondent Lisa Desjardins has reported:

“Scores of Democrats are calling for Hegseth to resign.”

And who would have better sources among Democrats than PBS?!

And, yet again, Cornish assembled an unbalanced, left-leaning panel. 

Jerusalem Demsas of the highly Trump-hostile Atlantic…

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