"BURNETT: General and of course, Congressman, when you served in Congressman Matt Gaetz also did. He was at the Pentagon today. He posted a photo of himself in the room. He wrote very informative briefing today. And just to remind everybody, he was not just in Congress. He was Trump's original pick for attorney general months ago. He's now host on the MAGA outlet, OANN."
"Now, CNN and other major outlets were not there, and they're not there because they wouldn't sign Hegseth new media pledge, which said, you can't report on anything you find out at the Pentagon, unless it's the official line. So you can't you know, you can't do anything unless they approve it. What was your reaction to seeing Matt Gaetz there in this role?"
Matt Gaetz attended a Pentagon briefing and posted a photo documenting his presence. CNN anchor Erin Burnett noted his attendance, referenced his House Armed Services experience and his prior selection as Trump's original attorney general pick, and identified him as an OANN host. Major mainstream outlets did not attend after refusing to sign Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new media pledge that restricts reporting to the official line. Retired Major General William Enyart described Gaetz's presence as performative and compared his qualifications unfavorably to Hegseth's. Gaetz issued a social media response boasting about his credentials and contrasting his compliance with CNN's refusal.
Read at www.mediaite.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]