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"Hegseth spent $93 billion in one month -- roughly the cost of extending the ACA tax credits for THREE YEARS. But instead of lowering Americans' healthcare costs, Hegseth used millions of taxpayer dollars on fruit baskets, Herman Miller recliners, ice cream machines, Alaskan King Crabs and a Steinway & Sons grand piano. A true grifter in every sense of the word," tweeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He is outraged the Secretary of Defense fed soldiers in combat zones steak and lobster.
Sen. Schumer based his tweet off a left-wing outlet tweeting, "New Pentagon budget reports show Pete Hegseth spent $93 billion in one month, making it the highest monthly expense since 2008. This budget report included spending $2 million on Alaskan King Crab."
Other Democrats followed. Sen. Adam Schiff tweeted, "While Americans struggle with the high costs of living, Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spent millions on lobster tails? Talk about a waste of taxpayer dollars."
Rep. Jason Crow, who served in combat, tweeted, "Pete Hegseth is spending millions of your tax dollars on lobster, ribeye and a grand piano. Meanwhile, he's sending Americans off to war and folks are struggling to get by." Congresswoman Debbie Dingell tweeted, "Pete Hegseth is spending millions of your tax dollars on lobster, ribeye and a grand piano. Meanwhile, he's sending Americans off to war and folks are struggling to get by."
They joined Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today, which has been pushing Iranian regime propaganda for the last two weeks. That outlet, echoing the Democrats, tweeted, "Pete Hegseth's Defense Department reportedly buys $22 mil worth of LUXURY STEAK and LOBSTER. The purchase was part of a larger 'end of year spending frenzy' of its 'immense budget.'"
"They serve more than 30 dozen eggs for breakfast every morning, washed down with 300 cups of coffee and they go through 40 gallons of ice cream a day. Every night has a theme, with Monday being Italian, Tuesday Mexican and so on. Saturday night is seafood night. The lobsters and crab legs are shipped from the United States and driven down on a refrigerated truck … On seafood night, the crew serves up 400 of the tasty tails, 130 pounds of Alaskan King crab legs and 135 pounds each of shrimp and scallops," documented one reporter.
That sounds outrageous. They actually fly in lobsters and truck them to the bases in a refrigerated truck. That story is from the Obama era in 2009. What Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is doing is what all his predecessors did. The piano is for the home of the Air Force Band. The ice cream machines are for submarines. Everything is explainable. The Democrats attacking soldiers being well fed in war is not. They are siding with the Mullahs.