An open letter to the U.S. Congress

Remove Pete Hegseth Immediately

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The time for polite concern has passed. It is your constitutional duty to act decisively: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth must be removed from office immediately. Hegseth has now been implicated in two separate national security breaches—each of which would be grounds for removal on its own. On March 15, he shared highly classified military strike plans targeting Yemen not through secure government systems, but via Signal, a commercial messaging app that’s explicitly barred for such use by the Department of Defense. He did this not once, but twice. In the first incident, he shared operational details with a group that mistakenly included a journalist. In the second, he deliberately included his wife, brother, and personal attorney—none of whom had the security clearances or legal authority to receive such information. This is not just reckless. It is textbook misconduct that endangered American lives, jeopardized active missions, and violated national security protocol. He used his personal phone, ignored repeated warnings from senior aides, and allowed his former Fox News producer wife to attend meetings with foreign military leaders. This isn’t leadership. It’s dangerous nepotism, unfit for a Pentagon intern—let alone the Secretary of Defense. Your silence is complicity. Every hour Hegseth remains in power sends a message to our allies, our troops, and our enemies that the U.S. is willing to tolerate chaos, favoritism, and a complete disregard for protocol at the highest levels of our military command. Investigations are underway, but the facts are already clear. The Pentagon’s acting inspector general is probing what experts have called “the most serious operational breach by a cabinet official in modern history.” National security is not a game—and it should never be compromised to impress friends or curry political favor. Enough. Remove Pete Hegseth from office now—before the next breach costs lives.

▶ Created on April 21 by Jennifer

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