Not content with only most people hating them, The Washington Post has decided to go dumpster diving with its latest attack on Pete Hegseth. In a piece entitled “Bronze Stars, like those Hegseth earned, are common among military officers,” Alex Horton cites “experts” who essentially say the awards aren’t impressive.
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Bronze Stars, like those Hegseth earned, are common among military officers https://t.co/eFoI2olu2j
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) December 6, 2024
Such awards were issued somewhat liberally throughout the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, experts say. Awardees of the meritorious service medal are predominantly military officers like Hegseth, data provided by the military shows. While many officers have risked their lives on the battlefield, the majority of fighting and exposure to danger is performed by the enlisted troops they command.
Well, thank you Washington Post. Where would any of us be without your esteemed journalists letting us know that Bronze Stars are useless and not worthy of mention when discussing a person’s qualifications? What’s even more insulting is that Horton insinuates Hegseth wasn’t exposed to “danger,” but in the very next sentence is forced to admit he did serve in combat.
Hegseth also received a Combat Infantryman Badge, which is awarded when infantry soldiers and officers engage an enemy in combat.
By the way, Horton is an Iraq War veteran. Guess how many of the very “common” Bronze Stars he has?
Here’s the thing. The Post isn’t necessarily wrong that Bronze Stars are fairly common. It’s not the Medal of Honor, and no one has claimed it is. Some are awarded to those without combat experience, such as the one given to Beau Biden. But guess which paper found the Bronze Star exceptionally impressive and worthy of mention when it came to someone opposed to Donald Trump? You guessed, it. That would be The Washington Post.
The paper repeatedly mentioned that former special counsel Robert Mueller was awarded a Bronze Star. That was done to bolster his supposed credibility.
The Washington Post hates Pete Hegseth so much that it’s now decided the Bronze Star (which Hegseth was awarded 2x) is meh and not very impressive.
Which is weird, because the Washington Post wrote tons of articles about collusion hoaxer Robert Mueller’s Bronze Star. Curious! pic.twitter.com/RhRPtoLMv7
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 6, 2024
Hegseth has never used his Bronze Stars to claim he’s some kind of war hero, though he served valiantly in combat according to all available records. That the Post would attack him over them, downplaying his military career for partisan reasons, is disgusting. That’s something that wasn’t lost on Trump’s incoming press secretary.
A spokeswoman for the Trump transition team, Karoline Leavitt, attacked The Washington Post’s reporting, calling it an attempt to “smear” Trump’s cabinet picks and “minimize the honorable service of Pete Hegseth.”
“This,” she said, “is another disgusting story.”
The Post would never write such a story targeting a Democrat. The only reason this one got written is because Democrat operatives in the press see Hegseth as a political opponent who must be destroyed. That’s the biggest problem here. Sure enough, the author’s biases are more than clear.
It turns out that Horton was very upset at the Post for not endorsing Kamala Harris.
Not that we need more evidence of his bias (his ridiculous Twitter thread made it clear that his article was a hit job meant to undermine Hegseth’s nomination for SecDef), but WaPo’s @AlexHortonTX was very upset when Bezos didn’t let WaPo endorse Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/fC33Y6FGog
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) December 6, 2024
This attack on Hegseth is not journalism. After Horton’s freakout over his paper not endorsing Harris, he has no business being assigned to write hit pieces on the incoming administration. The editors at the Post should be ashamed of themselves. They won’t be, but they should be.
