Pete Hegseth responds to latest Signal scandal — with attack on Democrats
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth closes his eyes as he stands by U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Defense Secretary hit out late Sunday at demands that he be fired after a bombshell report claimed he's shared confidential attack plans on Signal for a second time — on this occasion, with his wife and brother.

The embattled head of the Pentagon reacted to a tweet from the account Democrats.org demanding that he goes.

But instead of focusing on accusations against him, Hegseth slammed what he claimed were Democrat policies.

@PeteHegseth needs to go," the Democrats' account stated.

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Hegseth responded: "Your agenda is illegals, trans & DEI — all of which are no longer allowed @ DoD."

The X post comes amid reports that claim the Defense Secretary used his personal phone to send information about U.S. military operations in a 13-person Signal group chat, including his wife and brother.

It followed earlier reports of a similar Signal chat, that time including the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. Both instances were about operations in Yemen.

The New York Times first reported the second Signal chat.