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LetMyPeopleVote

(181,602 posts)
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:21 AM Tuesday

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday OP
She's endured a lot from the MAGA crowd and is about to spew forward. GOOD. hlthe2b Tuesday #1
shithole and administration have been.... Lovie777 Tuesday #2
Hegseth is Major Major Major. MineralMan Tuesday #3
Joseph Heller's best name in Catch-22! Excellent reference. NNadir Tuesday #7
Well, he's a major asshole! Hey Joe Tuesday #20
The Fox News host is a well-known liar. dalton99a Tuesday #4
Wow! Finally she does something Ars Longa Tuesday #5
Is this that AI sh*t? Submariner Tuesday #6
I checked orangecrush Tuesday #9
I always thought it was Rep. Nancy Mace leading that specific charge. Emile Tuesday #11
Yes. Here is actual footage: IcyPeas Tuesday #23
I did not hear her edhopper Tuesday #28
If it really happened there would be no reason for the entire clip to be narrated. We could have just heard the actual ToxMarz Tuesday #29
See actual clip below IcyPeas Tuesday #31
He was a failed infantry officer Aviation Pro Tuesday #8
I don't like the lady angrychair Tuesday #10
I love your posts but orangecrush Tuesday #12
I couldn't find an original video of her actual words. Ocelot II Tuesday #13
Same. progressoid Tuesday #19
Here is actual footage: IcyPeas Tuesday #25
Yes, that's the video I found, which the one in the OP is evidently made out of using AI. Ocelot II Tuesday #30
This message was self-deleted by its author AverageOldGuy Tuesday #14
please either verify this or delete. mopinko Tuesday #15
This looks a lot like AI to me. Grumpy Old Guy Tuesday #16
Here: IcyPeas Tuesday #27
I call BS. She voted to confirm Hegseth. She is not running for re-election Raven123 Tuesday #17
The same Joni Ernst that voted to confirm him? LR3 Tuesday #18
This includes only images of Ernst and Hegseth with a (possibly AI-rendered) narrator's voice Pinback Tuesday #21
ACTUAL VIDEO FROM HEARING IcyPeas Tuesday #22
lol - i didn't see your post when i posted this two minutes later. orleans Tuesday #26
here's a REAL video of ernst orleans Tuesday #24
You need to delete this. It's fake; this never happened. Ocelot II Tuesday #32

hlthe2b

(114,502 posts)
1. She's endured a lot from the MAGA crowd and is about to spew forward. GOOD.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:26 AM
Tuesday

I can't say I liked her, but like MTG, go forward and expose the hell out of them!

Lovie777

(23,573 posts)
2. shithole and administration have been....
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:28 AM
Tuesday

crapping on the military and not a peep from her.

MineralMan

(151,495 posts)
3. Hegseth is Major Major Major.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:29 AM
Tuesday

And from the National Guard, at that.

NNadir

(38,473 posts)
7. Joseph Heller's best name in Catch-22! Excellent reference.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:50 AM
Tuesday

Hey Joe

(771 posts)
20. Well, he's a major asshole!
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:11 AM
Tuesday

He’s even received his asshole commendation
medal with turd clusters.

dalton99a

(95,134 posts)
4. The Fox News host is a well-known liar.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:35 AM
Tuesday

Ars Longa

(562 posts)
5. Wow! Finally she does something
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:43 AM
Tuesday

halfway-praiseworthy on her way out the door. i think she's trying
to redeem herself for voting for him in the first place.

Submariner

(13,422 posts)
6. Is this that AI sh*t?
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:48 AM
Tuesday

When did this happen. How come its narrated and we don't hear Joni Ernst speaking her words.

orangecrush

(30,980 posts)
9. I checked
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:54 AM
Tuesday

It appears that there is an AI video.

I can't find any verifiable record of this exchange.

Emile

(43,118 posts)
11. I always thought it was Rep. Nancy Mace leading that specific charge.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:55 AM
Tuesday

IcyPeas

(25,734 posts)
23. Yes. Here is actual footage:
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:32 AM
Tuesday


edhopper

(37,496 posts)
28. I did not hear her
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:39 AM
Tuesday

call him out.
Where was that?

ToxMarz

(3,041 posts)
29. If it really happened there would be no reason for the entire clip to be narrated. We could have just heard the actual
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:40 AM
Tuesday

exchange. A Senate hearing isn't subject to copyright infringement. And, a simple Youtube seach would turn up endless clips of the same interaction. It turns up NONE. But it doesn't have to be AI, that is actual footage of the hearing with someone (real or artificial) reading a false script. It can be fake without being AI, and Ai doesn't have to be untrue. Unfortunatley though, AI is and excellent tool for creating fakes and spreading lies, so what can you do.

IcyPeas

(25,734 posts)
31. See actual clip below
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:43 AM
Tuesday

Aviation Pro

(15,731 posts)
8. He was a failed infantry officer
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:51 AM
Tuesday

No CAB for you, tabless beyotch.

angrychair

(12,464 posts)
10. I don't like the lady
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:54 AM
Tuesday

But respect her because she earned her CAB. Sen. Duckworth earned her CAB. Kegseth is a pretender. A liar.
Kegseth, the self-loathing drunk, is a fraud that has never experienced what those women experienced.

Like the women he has kicked out of leadership positions and made 2nd class citizens in the military they serve with honor.

Fuck that loser.

orangecrush

(30,980 posts)
12. I love your posts but
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:55 AM
Tuesday

You need to fact check this.

Can't find any mainstream news verification of this exchange.

There is an AI generated video.

Ocelot II

(131,123 posts)
13. I couldn't find an original video of her actual words.
Tue May 5, 2026, 10:56 AM
Tuesday

I did find a Youtube video with the same content as the one in the OP, which briefly showed the caveat "Altered or synthetic content," but that's it. I found no other references to this alleged incident anywhere on the Internet. Ernst did criticize him at a hearing in which she is wearing the same clothes and hairdo as in the OP video, for firing Gen. Randy George. I think this is fake.

progressoid

(53,351 posts)
19. Same.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:08 AM
Tuesday

N/T

IcyPeas

(25,734 posts)
25. Here is actual footage:
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:34 AM
Tuesday




Ocelot II

(131,123 posts)
30. Yes, that's the video I found, which the one in the OP is evidently made out of using AI.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:41 AM
Tuesday

The post really should be deleted, since apparently this never happened at all. Hegseth is bad enough without making stuff up.

Response to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

mopinko

(73,872 posts)
15. please either verify this or delete.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:03 AM
Tuesday

Grumpy Old Guy

(4,380 posts)
16. This looks a lot like AI to me.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:04 AM
Tuesday

There would bs real soundbites if this actually took place. I don't believe Joni Ernst would piss off Trump by doing this.

IcyPeas

(25,734 posts)
27. Here:
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:35 AM
Tuesday


Raven123

(7,876 posts)
17. I call BS. She voted to confirm Hegseth. She is not running for re-election
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:05 AM
Tuesday

The rest is too late and irrelevant.

LR3

(187 posts)
18. The same Joni Ernst that voted to confirm him?
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:06 AM
Tuesday

Whether this particular clip is real or AI, fuck her for voting to confirm him in the first place. She owns this catastophe.

Pinback

(13,637 posts)
21. This includes only images of Ernst and Hegseth with a (possibly AI-rendered) narrator's voice
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:30 AM
Tuesday

and, as others have pointed out, the whole thing looks suspiciously like AI with little if any basis in fact. I’d love to be proven wrong, so I hope you or someone else will come up with video of the actual exchange.

Is this verbiage in the Congressional Record?

IcyPeas

(25,734 posts)
22. ACTUAL VIDEO FROM HEARING
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:30 AM
Tuesday


orleans

(37,148 posts)
26. lol - i didn't see your post when i posted this two minutes later.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:34 AM
Tuesday

i'm keeping my post up == maybe between the two of our posts someone will notice she doesn't seem to be upset w/him at all

orleans

(37,148 posts)
24. here's a REAL video of ernst
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:32 AM
Tuesday

she sounds like, generally, she is happy as a pos with him



Ocelot II

(131,123 posts)
32. You need to delete this. It's fake; this never happened.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:51 AM
Tuesday
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