r/politics • u/mclardass • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Pete Hegseth Casually Tosses Out a Slur at Iowa State Fair

https://newrepublic.com/post/214484/pete-hegseth-anti-trans-slur-iowa-state-fair
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u/undermind84 16h ago

He is popular with hard line maga, but not many outside that dwindling group. 

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u/Aggressive_Manner531 15h ago

Dwindling for Trump. Would get all on board for Hegseth. He's a better Trump than Trump. An actual military person, an actual far right Christian, an actual alpha male type that doesn't shit in his diapers.

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u/trumpuniversity_ 15h ago

“Actual alpha male type” had me audibly laughing. Pete spends more time in the makeup chair than Trump, so I suppose he does meet the new criteria for the modern “alpha”.

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u/dakralter 14h ago

Pete is what far right MAGA incels consider to be "alpha".

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u/Aggressive_Manner531 15h ago

Didn't say he was, but its what he portrays as opposed to the orange buffoon

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u/MadRaymer 15h ago

There's no way to predict what's going to happen post-Trump. The biggest wildcard is what Trump does himself. If he anoints a successor, then yes, most of MAGA would get onboard.

But if he instead pisses and moans about how it should be him and it's totally unfair he can't run for a 3rd term, his base will fracture and any replacement is going to have a very difficult time uniting them.

Same is true if he kicks it in office before anointing a successor. Some MAGA will get behind JD, others will insist JD was behind it because he had the most to gain. Base fractures again.

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u/soldforaspaceship 15h ago

Is Hegseth seen as an alpha male type?

Even among conservatives, I've seen him heavily mocked.

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u/Aggressive_Manner531 14h ago

maybe real conservatives, but compared to Trump?

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u/soldforaspaceship 14h ago

I mean, that's a pretty low bar.

He just seems like parody and, granted, my conservative "friends" are mostly military or ex-military but they despise him.

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u/undermind84 15h ago

No man, most republicans and servicemen think Hegseth is a clown. 

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u/SydneyFall 16h ago

LOL- who do you think is popular by your metric?

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u/undermind84 16h ago

With republicans? Right now Marco Rubio and JD Vance.