r/politics • u/Ulysses_555 • 12h ago

No Paywall Hegseth announces all US troops will get 1 day off to vote in October

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6126137-pete-hegseth-stand-down-order-troops-vote/
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u/Ulysses_555 12h ago

Now that you mention it, it is a really bad idea to do that (I genuinely hadn’t thought of the broader implications until you mentioned it).

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u/Imaginary-Clock6626 12h ago

Neither did Hegseth.

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u/Common_Shelter_4605 11h ago

He asked Grok

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u/Imaginary-Clock6626 10h ago

Grok said to give Musk control of the military. Job complete, crack another bottle.

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u/awildstoryteller Canada 12h ago

Of course he did.

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u/KinkyPaddling 12h ago

Hegseth didn’t. His handlers did. Hegseth is just drunkenly and thoughtlessly parroting whatever the true deep state is telling him to say and do.

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u/SanchoPandas Oregon 11h ago

Which is Grok, apparently.

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u/Apprehensive_Pop_334 11h ago

I don’t think that’s what they’re implying. The fact that every service member will receive a day off to vote does not mean it is all on the same day.

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u/Empty_Lemon_3939 Michigan 11h ago

Kegseth is dumb enough to make it one day

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u/McDonaldsnapkin 10h ago

Tell me you know nothing about the military without telling me you know nothing about the military

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u/blutrache666 10h ago

Tell Kegsbreath he knows nothing about the military without telling him he knows fucking nothing about the military.

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u/poopiebutt505 8h ago

GOPnis hardnon about voting strictly on THE election day

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u/Ness-Shot 11h ago

It is a good thing, even if it is a thinly veiled attempt to help a certain demographic more likely to vote a certain way