Top Pentagon Spokesman Jumps Into The ‘Your Mom’ Childish Response Game

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Posted on AllSides October 21, 2025

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top press aide is horning in on White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s childhood insult game, telling HuffPost that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wore a tie that resembles the Russian flag because “your mom bought it for him.”

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