How? An anonymous person accuses him of uncontrollable drinking at both the nonprofits AND at Fox News.Burpelson said:
Basically Pete is not helping himself when he says he won't drink if given pentagon job, that alone is so daming!
Multiple people from both organizations put their names behind their statements saying that though he was known to have a drink or two when out, and that he was known to be a womanizer, he was NOT an alcoholic nor had drinking ever interfered in any way his ability to do jobs at either the nonprofits, or at Fox News.
Hegseth himself follows up and states that not only is the anonymous allegation grossly inaccurate, but he views SecDef like the Gen. Order 1 rule regarding drinking in a war zone. He says that he could get a call, any day, at any time of day or night with an emergency and he would need to be at 100% at every point in time while he's SecDef. Therefore, he will not partake of alcohol while in the post.
And you call that damning? Curious.
