Hegseth’s Mother Defends Him, Calls Press “Despicable”
“Pete and his wife were going through a difficult divorce, a very emotional time and I’m sure many of you across the country understand how difficult divorce is on a family. There is emotion. We say things and I wrote that in haste, with deep emotion, as a parent.
“About two hours later, my husband tells me I should think through things more. Pete and I are both very passionate people. I wrote that out of love, two hours later, I retracted it with an apology and nobody has seen that. It was a difficult time.
“I want to say something about the media. Part of today is to discredit media and how they operate. When they contact you, I let a few phone calls go. They call
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