Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., charged Tuesday that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is either “lying” or “incompetent” in his continued defense of a second strike on a boat that was allegedly smuggling drugs reported late last week.
At the heart of Paul’s criticism is that Hegseth initially blasted a Washington Post report as “fake news,” only to later acknowledge the strike occurred and defend it as justified.
“Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn’t happen,” Paul told reporters Tuesday.
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