A CNN reporter recounts an incident at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Wednesday in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his group of advisers were reprimanded by a member of the old guard:
It wasn't just a moment of disrespect. It was a moment of hypocrisy. I'm talking about an incident earlier today in which the rude Secretary of Defense, his group of advisers and his wife went to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day and were so loud and disrespectful that a member of the Old Guard had to reprimand them.
As I recall, this is a defense minister whose tenure was characterized by ignoring normal media coverage and basic responsibility to Congress, who only yesterday acted as if the impeachment measures criticizing him were actually criticism of military personnel, which they were not.
And that guy on Veterans Day is part of a group whose behavior was so inappropriate that he had to scold a member of the old guard in front of the cameras.