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After Michael Waltz exposed sensitive military plans on an unsecure chat with a reporter and risked our servicemembers\u2019 lives, Donald Trump is promoting him to U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. At today\u2019s confirmation hearing, Waltz spotlighted his incompetence and failed to answer for his massive security breach.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a look at Waltz continuing to embarrass himself after putting America\u2019s national security at risk: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udea8Sen. Chris Coons<\/a>: \u201cThe Atlantic magazine published a series of Signal messages including sensitive information about a U.S. military operation \u2026 involving you and several other Trump officials. Were you investigated for this disclosure of sensitive operational information on Signal?\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waltz: \u201cThere was no classified information exchanged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coons: \u201cYou were sharing details about an upcoming airstrike and the time of launch and the potential targets. This was demonstrably sensitive information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udea8Sen. Jacky Rosen<\/a>: \u201cIt was reported despite being removed from your role \u2026 you\u2019ve been on the White House payroll \u2026 you made assertions that if confirmed, you\u2019d root out waste and unnecessary overhead at the UN. So can you confirm for us whether you\u2019ve been receiving a salary from the White House since being let go at the NSA?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waltz: \u201cI was not fired, the president never said that nor did the vice president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosen: \u201cSo you\u2019re saying you were not dismissed as was publicly reported? Because it\u2019s also been publicly reported that you\u2019ve been receiving almost $200k of taxpayer money \u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waltz: \u201cThe reporting, senator, is fake news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosen: \u201cFake news can\u2019t be the answer to everything\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udea8Sen. Cory Booker<\/a>: \u201cWhat\u2019s been troubling to me about your nomination from the beginning is your failure to just stand up and take accountability for mistakes that you made and that all Americans know that you\u2019ve made \u2026 I\u2019ve seen you not only fail to stand up, but lie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After Michael Waltz exposed sensitive military plans on an unsecure chat with a reporter and risked our servicemembers\u2019 lives, Donald Trump is promoting him to U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. 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