After getting trounced by the Kentucky Wildcats 31-21 on Saturday, Texas A&M fans are blaming Trump’s Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth was at Texas A&M to kick off his “Send Me Tour,” addressing the Corps of Cadets at Rudder Tower and encouraging them to enlist in the United States military. He later joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the sidelines at Kyle Field and took part in a halftime ceremony honoring prisoners of war and service members missing in action, TV station KBTX reports.
“I do not see an academic institution trying to apologize for American strength; I see backbone and resolve, and the uncompromising future of the United States and the United States armed forces,” Hegseth told the cadets, according to the Houston Chronicle. “I see a real, grounded, strong institution, which is exactly what our nation needs.”
When footage emerged of Hegseth on Kyle Field Saturday, comment sections were flooded with remarks like “This is exactly why we lost.” Someone else responded, “He’s the new curse after Texas broke the Ted Cruz Curse.”
The University of Texas recently won a game despite the presence of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, whom some fans have long regarded as a jinx. At least Texas A&M doesn’t have to worry about Hegseth attending frequently.
Nonetheless, some commenters began referring to it as the “Hegseth Hex.”
And to their point, it does seem the former Fox News host’s luck has run out.
Hegseth last week avoided a vote for his removal after Republican Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against him.
Massie accused Hegseth of violating the 1973 War Powers Resolution, conducting an unlawful war in Iran and a bombing campaign in Yemen, ordering extrajudicial killings, suppressing free speech, and involvement in the operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Massie claims that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, immediately put Congress in recess to block the vote. After being back for only a few days following its August recess, Congress is taking a 48-day break and isn’t scheduled to reconvene until Nov. 9 — after the midterm elections.
Suspecting some sort of shenanigans, Massie kept the resolution a secret from House Republican leadership prior to filing it on the floor in an attempt to prevent leadership from blocking it, according to The Hill.
Though Hegseth avoided an impeachment vote — for now — the measure could face a different political landscape after the midterms. Recent polling has shown Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot.
After all, who needs a hex when you’re just really bad at your job?
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