Monday, February 10, 2025

Dems Demand Secretary Hegseth Justify Taxpayers Covering $50k Paint Job

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Subcommittee, joined House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), to demand that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth explain why he expects taxpayers to pay for a $50,000 emergency' paint job on his furnished government house.

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Pete Hegseth and a $49,000 "Emergency" Paint Job for his Government owned home? Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday, scrutinizing him over costly maintenance and "emergency" painting of his government-owned home.

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... The highly paid TV personality wants the public to cover this and other living expenses at a time when many servicemembers and their families reside in unacceptable housing conditions that include mold, lead paint, and other hazards. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-09 12:57 PM

Cabinet Secreteries don't get houses. I guess he's starting a new precedent?

#2 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2025-02-10 08:21 AM

@#2 ... Cabinet Secreteries don't get houses. I guess he's starting a new precedent? ...

Not only did the report say he got a house, with furnishings, but now he also wants $50k to paint it.

Maybe this is a new trend with our new-born oligarchy?

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-10 11:36 AM

"Not only did the report say he got a house, with furnishings, but now he also wants $50k to paint it."

So...most government-provided houses are owned or managed by private management companies. In my mind, any service requests would have gone through the management company, who would then fulfill the request.

It would be really weird for the SECDEF to reuqest that someone other than the housing management company pain the house, although this could be some sort of one-off thing. He is the SECDEF, so he may not be living in normal military housing.

#4 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-02-10 12:18 PM

Get used to it, dumbass.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-10 12:52 PM

www.vfw.org FTA: Do not use the flag as clothing.
Apparently, he never bothered to read any of his semiannual missives from the VFW.

#6 | Posted by mattm at 2025-02-10 01:01 PM

Hilarious millions going to hotels in NYC, monthly to house "immigrants" here under the false "amnesty".

*crickets*

But someone wants their house painted before they move in is outrageous.

*omg*

LOL

#7 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-10 01:01 PM


Apparently, he never bothered to read any of his semiannual missives from the VFW.
#6 | POSTED BY KAREN

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-10 01:02 PM

American soldiers prefer a SecDef that lives with the military, instead of like this?


The 8,700-square foot house was built in 2013 on one acre in the upscale suburb of Great Falls, Virginia, and last sold in April 2018 for $2.6 million, according to Redfin, which estimates it'd sell now for north of $2.8 million.

With an "enormous living space" and a "striking guest/pool house," according to the listing, the Colonial-style home has a total of 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a 5-car garage, home automation, a built-in outdoor kitchen, and those neat heated floors in the master bathroom so the feet of the man in charge of America's $715 billion war machine do not get cold if he has to take a leak in the middle of the night.

taskandpurpose.com

you can just sense the sarcasm in this article.

#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-10 01:06 PM

IAMRUNT, your child-raping idol refers to American troops as suckers and losers.

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-10 01:08 PM

How much is the drunk rapist going to spend on booze?

#11 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-10 01:09 PM

Wow SecDefs live well. I always wonder who and what professions live in the North Virginia mcmansions adjacent to DC.

I doubt it actually needs a paint job.

#12 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2025-02-11 05:48 AM

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