‘A Total Disaster!’ Ex-RNC Spox Slams Trump Pick Pete Hegseth’s ‘Personal Life’

Ex-spokesperson for the Republican National Convention (RNC) and Bulwark host Tim Miller delivered a scathing takedown of former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of for defense secretary, arguing his “personal life” shows he is “not qualified.”

Speaking on MSNBC on Thursday, Miller ran over the details of Hegseth’s 2017 incident where he faced sexual assault allegations. Hegseth denied wrongdoing and claimed the encounter was consensual and resolved the matter with a nondisclosure agreement in 2020. However, Miller said even Hegseth’s version of events raises serious concerns.

“Here’s what Pete Hegseth is pitching people happened in this situation: In this situation, he’s drunk at a conservative conference. At 1:30 am, he’s screaming about how he has freedom of speech and berating a hotel staffer,” Miller said, referencing details from a police report released Wednesday. “Then he takes a woman back to his hotel room for what he says is consensual sex.”

Hegseth’s personal history, according to Miller, only compounds the problem. At the time of the alleged incident, Hegseth was in the middle of divorcing his second wife after fathering a child with a coworker, now his third wife.

“This guy’s personal life is a total disaster,” Miller continued. “And he has a love child, and he’s in between marriages, and he’s drunkenly shouting at hotel staff, and he’s having another affair, meanwhile, with not one of the three women that are his wives.”

Miller argued that, while some might overlook personal scandals in a highly qualified candidate, Hegseth doesn’t fit that bill.

“He’s a weekend morning talk show host. This is a preposterous pick on every level: He’s not qualified for the job and the judgment that he’s shown privately leaves much to be desired,” Miller concluded.

Watch above on MSNBC.