Pete Hegseth speaking with attendees at the 2022 Student Action Summit at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida (Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Jason Miller photo via screen capture of CNN video
The internet encouraged Donald Trump's aide Jason Miller to avoid conversations about families after he answered questions on CNN about Pete Hegseth, who is Trump's nomination for Secretary of Defense.
Hegseth has been plagued with scandals involving a payoff of a sexual assault accuser, alleged drunken behavior and sexual harassment — with even his own mother emailing her son in 2018 and accusing him of "using women for his own power" and mistreating them. She begged him to get help.
In his effort to downplay the note from the nominees mother, Miller told CNN, "Family conversations sometimes are very tough."
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While working for Trump's first campaign in 2016, Miller cheated on his wife with staffer A.J. Delgado, resulting in a child. Delgado was fired and is suing the campaign.
Her legal team also alleged that, before the two met, Miller tried to slip an abortion pill into another woman's smoothie after she became pregnant. Miller denied the accusation.
"While the Trump Campaign pretends to be 'pro-family,' it is anything but. Miller is, in fact, extremely resistant to supporting" their son, said Delgado on a GoFundMe.
"I mean, who among us has not had their mom send them an email calling them a serial abuser?" joked reporter Oliver Willis.
“Family conversations are very tough,” said Laius, said Ken White on Blue Sky.
"Also, CNN’s cringeworthy self-abatement in inviting this chinless mediocrity is tough to watch," White added.
"I'm sure CNN provided the context that Miller's baby mama accused him in court of slipping an abortion pill into a smoothie for another woman he got pregnant. Right?" said former New York Daily News reporter Helen Kennedy.
Indian National Congress member Rashid Khan noted, "Miller's comment reflects a common political tactic where personal allegations are addressed by contextualizing them within the realm of family or personal life, aiming to lessen their impact on the public's perception of the individual's professional capability or character in a public office context.
"However, such strategies can also lead to debates about the separation of personal conduct from professional integrity, especially in roles with significant public trust and oversight."
See the clip of the interview below or at the link here.
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