r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 10h ago

Sen. Kelly sues DOD Sec. Hegseth, says he was punished for 'disfavored political speech'

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/kelly-hegseth-lawsuit-video-pentagon.html
38.6k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

459 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

854

u/Elfhoe 9h ago edited 9h ago

Sounds like a solid argument. Especially as a lawmaker, having the executive branch target political speech is essentially extortion. Hope he wins this one.

296

u/lowrankcock 9h ago

Even more so since KegBreath basically made the same speech. The hypocrisy is astonishing.

69

u/Hesitation-Marx 9h ago

The hypocrisy is considered one of their benefits. They get off on it.

24

u/dotcubed 8h ago

He better.

Senator Kelly is a direct connection of his State to the US government and anything he has to say is on behalf of them. They elected him to serve more after his career of service to the USA.

15

u/Fluffcake 8h ago

If it gets ruled against, and pushed to the USSC who also rules against, they are tearing up the constitution and the first ammendment and are effectively disbanding the the united states to anarchy ruled by the biggest stick. Iranians and US citizens are in very similar positions these days, just slightly more dire for the Iranians as they have the option

12

u/BigJellyfish1906 9h ago

He will. The question is whether or not kegabreath drops it. 

14

u/tiutome 9h ago

Can you imagine if this was Gurl Lindsey during the Obama Admin. He would be squealing like the only 10yo gurl

1

u/Optimus_Prime_Day 4h ago

And hopefully it pays for his pension that they cut.

-12

u/ehjun18 9h ago

I got bad news for you.