The Pentagon has dismissed the report, stating that neither Hegseth nor any of his representatives approached BlackRock about any such investment. Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell called the report 'entirely false and fabricated,' demanding a retraction from the Financial Times.
Public Citizen president Rob Weissman set the tone for the day, telling the cheering rallygoers, 'We have to persist to end this illegal, unconstitutional, and devastating war on Iran—and make sure that Congress does not give a penny more to pay for or extend this war.'
For me, like, I am trying to occupy the space here in the Senate, that I refuse to do things that should have been, you know, the other parts of my party would never, ever do in the past... I'm going to remain to be the one individual that refuses to shut our government down and to call out what's right and what's wrong.
