A US Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and talked near the solemn memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony.

“All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times,” the sentinel called out, stopping his patrol to face the group as they departed.

Jerk didn’t even seem to care. I bet he turns around and tries to get the Sentinel reprimanded.

  • Freeposity@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    This is one of the reasons they have staff, to research these groups so the rep knows who they are associating with, accepting money from. If they fail at that, then they are bad at their job and need to be primaried.

    • protist@retrofed.com
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      7 hours ago

      Most House Reps outside of leadership only have a handful of personal staff. That staff is often based in their home district and interacting with constituents. They don’t have someone planning their activities for them to the degree you think they do. House Reps have way fewer resources than Senators