Pete Hegseth responds to latest Signal scandal — with attack on Democrats

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.