CNN Devotes Multiple Segments To Pete Hegseth Drinking Beer — On A St. Pat’s Day Show

CNN devoted multiple segments on Thursday to coverage of a Washington Post report about President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, criticizing him for drinking beer during a “Fox & Friends” segment about St. Patrick’s Day.

The story comes just as NBC News ran a hit piece — citing a number of anonymous sources, but apparently not bothering to speak to his former cohosts and colleagues at Fox News — accusing Hegseth of drinking to excess on a regular basis.

Newsbusters managing editor Curtis Houck shared some of the coverage via X:

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But what critics quickly pointed out was that the St. Patrick’s Day segment was tame when compared to some of the CNN New Year’s Eve coverage featuring anchor Anderson Cooper, Bravo host Andy Cohen, and former CNN anchor Don Lemon.

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“Has CNN watched CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage?” Stephen L. Miller asked.

Abigail Jackson, communications director for Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) shared a screenshot of Cooper and Cohen doing shots.

There was even an entire segment that ran during CNN’s 2017 New Year’s special in which an obviously intoxicated Don Lemon got a piercing.

In 2018, Cooper and Cohen did a lot of tequila shots.

A 2020 segment featured Cohen and Cooper, both inebriated, playing a game with Snoop Dogg.

 

Others noticed a parallel to the Democrats’ failed attempts to derail the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

“It’s literally the exact same playbook as Kavanaugh. When the sex allegations flame out because they are nonsense, switch to ‘He Likes Beer!!!’” David Marcus posted.

“They are trying to Kavanaugh Pete Hegseth. We are not letting this happen! Folks, this is the hill to die on. They Kavanaugh Pete Hegseth? And the swamp’s already won,” radio host and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino said during his Wednesday show.

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