"We know that in 2020 [Trump] wrote an executive order that he didn't sign that said to the US military, to the Secretary of Defense, you should go and seize ballots and voting machines."
"It's yet another gotcha hypothetical, which is your specialty, Hegseth said about the question. It's not, Slotkin shot back."
"I refuse to accept. You give that answer all the time. You and I have done this dance before. Get over it, okay?"
"Are you accusing me of performing? Because you're performing for cable news right now, Hegseth said."
Sen. Elissa Slotkin questioned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth about the military's potential role in seizing ballots and voting machines if ordered by President Trump. Slotkin referenced a 2020 executive order that Trump did not sign, expressing concern over Hegseth's dismissal of her question as hypothetical. She emphasized that the military has never been deployed to polling places and pressed Hegseth on whether he would uphold the Constitution or follow Trump's orders in future elections. Hegseth countered by labeling her question as a performance for media.
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