Letter: Let’s recount the excuses Republicans have come up with in the Signal fiasco
Pete Hegseth is shown at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
So high-ranking government officials conducted sensitive war planning over an unsecured app, and they got exposed because they carelessly invited a serious journalist into the chatroom. Now they’re acting like a bunch of fifth graders who got caught viewing adult websites on a school computer. Their responses so far:
It never happened.
It did, but no classified information was revealed.
It was, but Hegseth declassified it before sending it.
It was Joe Biden’s fault.
Hillary Clinton did worse.
Something something Hunter Biden.
The journalist sneaked into the chat.
The journalist is a traitorous Democrat scumbag who made it all up to embarrass them.
Anyway, everybody uses Signal for sensitive government communications.
It’s a nothing-burger.
Sorry, not sorry. Whee!
The arrogance and incompetence on display are frightening but not surprising, and meanwhile Utah’s congressional delegation makes not a peep about this national security nightmare. Could that be because they rubber-stamped Trump’s inexperienced, ignorant, and inappropriate appointees? While Trump flushes the country down the toilet, Republicans stand by handing him the Charmin.
Lee Kreutzer, Millcreek
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