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Channel GOP · Clip · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Thomas Massie on Pete Hegseth: "effective" at killing 200 schoolchildren and an "unconstitutional kidnapping"

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In a CNN interview, Thomas Massie lists what he says Pete Hegseth has been "effective" at: killing 200 schoolchildren, bombing fishing boats whose crews "may or may not" have been smuggling drugs, and what Massie calls an unconstitutional kidnapping in Venezuela. Massie adds that Trump brags US corporations are getting rich from oil Hegseth helped capture.

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Who
Thomas Massie
Where
interview - CNN
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CNN · watch the full video from this moment
Length
31 seconds, unedited within the cut
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271 on Instagram
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And you know, he has been effective. He was effective at killing 200 schoolchildren. He was effective at bombing fishing boats that may or may not have had people who were guilty of smuggling drugs. He's been effective at waging an unconstitutional kidnapping in Venezuela. The president himself brags that they have captured this oil and that our companies, companies, our corporations are getting rich from the oil that they've captured that Pete Hegseth helped to capture.

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