The left will do anything to keep Pete Hegseth from becoming Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense, and they don’t mind if they have to publicly debase themselves to do it.
RedState’s streiff had the scoop on Wednesday on how leftist rag ProPublica, which cosplays as “an independent, non-profit newsroom,” tried and failed miserably to build a narrative that Hegseth had lied about having applied to, and been accepted by, West Point.
Here’s a brief recap: Someone at ProPublica, possibly editor Jesse Eisinger, heard an old interview in which Hegseth said he had been accepted by the U.S. Military Academy and decided to contact West Point for confirmation. The person at West Point Public Affairs Office incorrectly responded that Hegseth had neither applied, nor been accepted, saying: “According to the admissions office – Hegseth had not applied for admission to the U.S. Military Academy.”
More from streiff:
Given what we’ve seen about leftist ideology taking hold of West Point, there is nothing mildly shocking about a member of the staff there deciding they could take down Hegseth with a story he couldn’t disprove.
Eisinger and ProPublica clearly thought they had a “gotcha” moment at hand, and contacted Hegseth’s lawyer for comment. After some back and forth, Hegseth provided an image of his acceptance letter from 1999, prompting West Point to apologize for disseminating a lie. […]
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