Pete Hegseth quotes Roman general unaware he was beheaded; backfires

Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Pete Hegseth’s latest tough guy posturing has backfired after he quoted an ancient Roman general in a show of defiance—oblivious, apparently, to the general’s subsequent beheading. “Stop quoting laws to MEN WITH SWORDS,” Hegseth wrote, sharing a clip in which Secretary of…

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