Heated Senate Clash: Hegseth and Slotkin Spar Over Alleged Trump Order to Shoot Protesters

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00:00I said in your hearing, when you had your confirmation hearing, that my biggest concern

00:04with you at the helm was the potential use of the military in ways that contradict the

00:10Constitution or that taint what I hope we all want, which is an apolitical military.

00:16And when I asked you about whether you would accept an order that was actually given to

00:23your predecessor, Secretary Esper, Trump SecDef, to deploy active duty troops against unarmed

00:30protesters and to, in Secretary Esper's words, shoot at them, shoot at their legs, you said

00:37this was all theoretical.

00:38Here we are a few months later, you've deployed 4,700 troops to Los Angeles against the wishes

00:45of the governor.

00:46And my colleague across the aisle was right.

00:48It is the first time since 1965 that we have deployed guard troops without the permission

00:54of the governor.

00:54In all the instances he laid out, the president had sent in the military to protect protesters,

01:02not against the protesters.

01:03So you may dismiss it, but I feel like this is a fundamental issue of American democracy.

01:09If you love your country and you want an apolitical military, then it should be the last resort,

01:14not the first resort in our country to use them.

01:18So to get to the non-theoretical, have you authorized the uniformed military to detain

01:24or arrest protesters in Los Angeles?

01:29Senator, I would just start by saying you're not a protester if you're throwing concrete

01:33at law enforcement officers.

01:33100%.

01:34Arrest those people.

01:35Throw them in the jail.

01:37100%.

01:37But what you're doing is something different.

01:39Everyone knows this is a political decision, right?

01:42So we don't trust that you're using the best interests of the military, certainly, and of

01:46democracy on top of that.

01:48So have you given the order?

01:50That's all I want to know.

01:51It's not theoretical.

01:52For the U.S. military, military, not law enforcement, they can arrest all day long.

01:56That's the job.

01:57Do they have the ability, the uniformed military, to arrest and detain protesters currently today?

02:02It's a yes or no thing.

02:07Authority.

02:07It's sort of amusing the extent to which the speculation is out there.

02:11These troops are given very clear orders.

02:14Then what is the order?

02:15Then list it out for us.

02:16Be a man.

02:17List it out.

02:18Did you authorize them to detain or arrest?

02:21That is a fundamental issue of democracy.

02:23I'm not trying to be a snot here.

02:25I'm just trying to get the actual.

02:26Did you authorize them to do that?

02:28All of these orders and what they're sent there to do are public.

02:32They're there to-

02:33Okay, so say it.

02:33So say it.

02:34Yes or no?

02:36I'd like to.

02:37Please.

02:37Yes or no.

02:38As I've said time and time again through interruption, they're there to protect law enforcement,

02:43ICE officers, who are trying to do their job deporting illegals who were allowed in by

02:48the previous administration.

02:49So they cannot arrest and detain citizens of the United States, the uniformed military.

02:53As we've stated, if necessary, in their own self-defense, they could temporarily detain

02:59and hand over to ICE.

03:00But there's no arresting going on.

03:02And you know this better than if you're trying to play political games, there's no arresting

03:07of U.S. personnel.

03:08Of the U.S. military against members of the protest.

03:12Have you authorized U.S. military cyber tools to investigate people participating in

03:18these protests?

03:18Yes or no?

03:20Certainly in no way that I'd be aware of.

03:22Okay, that's good.

03:23I love that answer.

03:24That's great.

03:25Have you given the order to be able to shoot at unarmed protesters in any way?

03:32I'm just asking the question.

03:33Don't laugh.

03:34Like the whole country.

03:36And by the way, my colleagues across the aisle-

03:38What is that based on?

03:38What evidence would you have that an order like that has ever been given?

03:42It is based on Donald Trump giving that order to your predecessor, to a Republican

03:46secretary of defense who I give a lot of credit to because he didn't accept the order.

03:50He had more guts and balls than you because he said, I'm not going to send in the uniformed

03:54military to do something that I know in my gut isn't right.

03:57He was asked to shoot at their legs.

04:00He wrote that in his book.

04:01That's not hearsay.

04:02So your poo-pooing of this, it just shows you don't understand who we are as a country,

04:08who we are.

04:09And all of my colleagues across the aisle, especially the ones that served, should want

04:12an apolitical military and not want citizens to be scared of their own military.

04:18I love the military.

04:19I served alongside my whole life.

04:21So I'm worried about you tainting it.

04:24Have you given the order?

04:25Have you given the order that they can use lethal force against honor?

04:28I want the answer to be no.

04:30Please tell me it's no.

04:31Have you given the order?

04:33Senator, I'd be careful what you read in books and believing it, except for the Bible.

04:37Oh my God.

04:38So your former predecessor, I guess that's not enough for you.

04:42Okay.

04:42On Iran, I don't think there's a debate.

04:44There's like a catfight going on in your own party about whether to go after Iran.

04:48Have you commissioned any day after planning?

04:52So any force protection, any use of ground troops in Iran, any cost assessments?

04:57Because I don't think we doubt what we can do as a country in the attack.

05:01It's the day after with Iraq and Afghanistan that so many of us have learned to be so deeply

05:06concerned about.

05:07Have you authorized day after planning?

05:10As I've said, we have plans for everything, Senator.

05:13Okay.

05:13And I would also reiterate how we began, that there will be a classified portion of this

05:2515 minutes after we adjourn.

05:27Senator Banks, you're recognized.

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