Dear John,
Less than a year into his role as Defense Secretary, Hegseth has plunged the United States into a full-blown national security scandal. And the facts are damning.
According to The New York Times, Hegseth didn’t just leak sensitive military plans once. He did it twice. In a second, previously undisclosed Signal chat, Hegseth shared classified U.S. military attack details, including flight schedules for active combat missions in Yemen, with his wife and brother. Neither of them are Defense Department officials. His wife is a former Fox News producer.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t a minor mistake. This is reckless, disqualifying behavior from someone who should never have been confirmed in the first place.
No Dem Left Behind has been locked in on holding Pete Hegseth accountable, from day one. When his nomination was announced, we sounded the alarm, and during his confirmation hearing, we made it clear just how dangerous this pick was. Now the truth is undeniable: Pete Hegseth is completely unqualified, profoundly unprofessional, and a reckless threat to our national security.
Even after facing massive backlash for including a journalist in a previous chat with the same information, Hegseth repeated the exact same dangerous move, this time with family members. Sensitive strike plans. Foreign operations. A group chat. This isn’t leadership. It’s a national security disaster.
Pete Hegseth has shown a blatant disregard for military protocol, operational security, and basic judgment. Our national security needs to be better. Our military deserves better. Our country deserves better.
He must resign. Now.
This is a fight we cannot ignore. Every channel, every voice, every tool we have must be used to apply maximum pressure. That’s exactly what we’re doing — using the power of the microphone to demand Pete Hegseth’s immediate removal. Chip in now to join us in this fight. National security is on the line, and we won’t stand by.
More soon,
The No Dem Left Behind Team
