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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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