Proposed impeachment of Pete Hegseth
Event in Politics
Proposed impeachment of Pete Hegseth has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jon LovettCo-host of Pod Save America; diarization split of the same speaker during the economics segment
Lovett predicts Hegseth would be an arrogant and revealing witness before a Senate committee.
“He's going to be so cocky and arrogant about it and it is going to be so revealing and he's going to be such a bad witness”
Pod Save America: Impeach Pete Hegseth? (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 39:29
Lovett supports impeaching Hegseth, calling it the smartest version of an impeachment case.
“it is the smartest to me version of an impeachment case to basically start with Hegseth”
Pod Save America: Impeach Pete Hegseth? (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 35:14
Tommy VietorCo-host of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World who conducted the Josh Turek interview
Vietor warns that impeachment could rally MAGA support for Hegseth and embolden a presidential run, though he still backs it.
“impeaching him probably does galvanize NAGA support for Hegseth and probably emboldens him to run for president”
Pod Save America: Impeach Pete Hegseth? (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 39:36
Jon FavreauCo-host of Pod Save America and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama
Favreau argues Democrats who campaign on ending the war must use funding cuts or impeachment to try to end it.
“if you run on we should end this war, then people are going to expect that you at least do everything within your power to try to end it”
Pod Save America: Impeach Pete Hegseth? (Sep 29, 2026) · Listen from 37:50
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
Impeach Pete Hegseth?Pod Save America · Sep 29, 2026 · 58 min
Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett discuss diesel prices, a Republican data center bill, rogue AI models, a possible Pete Hegseth impeachment and Trump's taxpayer-funded ads.