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

Here’s a look at Waltz continuing to embarrass himself after putting America’s national security at risk: 

🚨Sen. Chris Coons: “The Atlantic magazine published a series of Signal messages including sensitive information about a U.S. military operation … involving you and several other Trump officials. Were you investigated for this disclosure of sensitive operational information on Signal?” …

Waltz: “There was no classified information exchanged.”

Coons: “You were sharing details about an upcoming airstrike and the time of launch and the potential targets. This was demonstrably sensitive information.”

🚨Sen. Jacky Rosen: “It was reported despite being removed from your role … you’ve been on the White House payroll … you made assertions that if confirmed, you’d root out waste and unnecessary overhead at the UN. So can you confirm for us whether you’ve been receiving a salary from the White House since being let go at the NSA?”

Waltz: “I was not fired, the president never said that nor did the vice president.”

Rosen: “So you’re saying you were not dismissed as was publicly reported? Because it’s also been publicly reported that you’ve been receiving almost $200k of taxpayer money …” 

Waltz: “The reporting, senator, is fake news.”

Rosen: “Fake news can’t be the answer to everything”

🚨Sen. Cory Booker: “What’s 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’ve made … I’ve seen you not only fail to stand up, but lie.”

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