Pete Hegseth Blasts Media Over Signal Story At White House Easter Egg Roll

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters at the White House Easter Egg Roll.

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00:00Happy Easter Egg Bowl, sir.

00:02Hey, we're happy to be here at the Easter Egg Bowl, I'll tell you that.

00:04Be with the family, beautiful day.

00:06And President Trump has changed the country.

00:09And he's creating opportunities for families all across America to better their lives.

00:13And that's what Make America Great Again is all about.

00:16What do you want to say, sir, about the signal chat and controversy?

00:20You know, what a big surprise that a bunch of, a few leakers get fired

00:24and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out from the same media

00:27that peddled the Russia hoax, won't give back their Pulitzers.

00:31They got Pulitzers for a bunch of lies.

00:33Pulitzers for a bunch of lies and on hoaxes time and time and time again.

00:40And as they peddle those lies, no one ever calls them on it.

00:43See, this is what the media does.

00:45They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees

00:49and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations.

00:53It's not going to work with me because we're changing the Defense Department,

00:57putting the Pentagon back in the hands of warfighters,

01:00and anonymous smears from disgruntled former employees on old news.

01:04It doesn't matter.

01:05So I'm happy to be here at the Easter egg roll with my dad and my kids.

01:09Because, you know, this is what we're doing it for.

01:11These kids right here.

01:12This is why we're fighting the fake news media.

01:15This is why we're fighting slash and burn Democrats.

01:18This is why we're fighting hoaxters.

01:20This group, no, no, this group right here.

01:23Full of hoaxters.

01:25That peddle anonymous sources from leakers with axes to grind.

01:29And then you put it all together as if it's some news story.

01:34And when we know it, we know exactly what it is.

01:37So I'm really proud of what we're doing for the President.

01:40Fighting hard across the board.

01:42And I'm going to go roll some Easter eggs with my kids.

01:45Thank you very much.

01:46Have you spoken with the President, sir?

01:47Have you spoken with the President?

01:48Have you spoken with the President?

01:49And we are going to continue fighting on the same page all the way.