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I think Hegseth made one major mistake here: publishing his admittance letter before they ran the story. This was clearly meant to be a hit piece. He should have waited until they published and then released the admittance letter.
Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸
***Nothing*** in Jesse’s 11-tweet thread even hinted that ***this*** is how ProPublica actually approached the story— taking the falsehood from West Point, repeatedly asserting to Hegseth that he was a liar & implying he is unfit for SecDef, & giving him just one hour to respond.
