Imagining Pete Hegseth

Jonathan Last: “Imagine that his character was sterling. That he was a fine, upstanding man, admired by all who know him. That he had dedicated his life to service and been judged to be as good a human being as Mister Rogers or Dolly Parton.”

“And now imagine that his politics were perfectly in line with your politics. Whatever you believe, he believed. As a matter of ideology and temperament, Hegseth is your soulmate.”

“Even if both of those things were true, Hegseth would still be a historically, hilariously, unfit nominee for secretary of defense.”