Dakota Meyer
Appearances
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I mean, look, I think that – I mean, I watched the whole thing, and it just – it blew my mind. First off, the leaders of the policymakers, lawmakers of this country, that these were the priorities that they were focused on, on someone who is about to go and be in charge of the force that not only maintains and secures the United States national security, but also really is the –
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
The stabilization of the globe. And right. And these were the questions that they wanted to ask the ha ha gotcha. They use these these moments right now in this confirmation hearing to sit here and focus on, you know, the same thing over and over about just trying to ha ha gotcha.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
And, you know, the thing when I watch Pete there, it's like, you know, one side of it, I'm sitting back and I'm like, well, say this today. this, you know, from my point, but it's like, he knows the game, right? He's sitting there. He knows that no matter what he says, he's got to get through this and he's got to limit exposure. Right.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
And, and that's the problem with the, with all of this is like, there is no accountability for them sitting up there on the, in that position. There's no accountability for the lawmakers. There's no accountability for any of them up there, but they want to turn around. They want to critique this man over and over, which rightfully so.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I think we have to sit here and vet, and we have to make sure that these people are going to uphold the policies, and they're going to support the Constitution of the United States. We want to hear his views on what he's going to do about the issues that are truly you know, threatening the United States of America.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
But like to sit here and make this out, it just shows you that the priority of the security of the United States of America is not the priority of the left right now.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
Now, look, I mean, I think that that all of us sitting back and trying to figure out or to decide how Pete's going to if he how he's going to do or how he's not going to do. I mean, that's all 100 percent on Pete's shoulders. And we're about to find out. Right. I think, you know, questioning Pete about what he said on Fox News. I mean, he was in the he was in a role of a reporter.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
Now he's about to go into the role of, you know, the secretary of defense, which all of us should be coming and rallying around and trusting. Look, I'll say up front, like, let me let me just go ahead and own this up front, Megan. In the beginning of this, I was not an advocate for this. I was 100% against it. I was emotionally tied to it. I had a lot of questions and all that.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I had to get set down and really spoken to. by another veteran who's in all of it. But, you know, she looked at me and she said, hey, look, you know, he's going to be carrying out not his personal views. This isn't about the personal Pete.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
This is about the person who's going to go out and carry out what the president of the United States wants him to do and what's on behalf in the best interest of other people. And when it comes down to that, like I 100 percent believe that we all got to stand behind and hope and support Pete. you know, Pete on this, that he's going to go out and do the right thing.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I mean, I think Pete's got a huge learning curve, like every single one of us or anybody that steps into that role is going to do. What I can tell you is, is that historically, the last few people who have been in there have not been doing or making a great difference, nor have they been, you know, doing what we need to get our military focused on doing.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
Our military is made, and the focus for our military is two things. Lethality Warfighting and people. Warfighting and people. That is the business and that is the only two focuses that that aspect should be focused on. And that's what we've got to get back to. And I trust that Pete's going to do that. I trust that Pete loves America. I trust that Pete puts America first.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I trust that Pete loves troops. And I trust that he is going to be loyal to the President of the United States, the Constitution, and that he's going to carry out the orders that he needs to in the best interest of the United States of America. And that is what I know about Pete Hedgeseth.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
And that is what I care about right now, is that somebody goes up there and look, none of us, none of us have a clean record that, you know, on our worst times, none of us would want to trade Pete's seat and sit up there with all these people trying to go and find the skeletons in our closet. I can tell you, nobody watching this, nobody watching that confirmation hearing today
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
would have traded seats with Pete if anybody would have knew about a tenth of what people have been going and digging on him for the last couple months, right? So I just think that this hypocrisy of all of us sitting back and throwing rocks at the man in the arena right now...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
is something that that is is not helpful nor is it you know we all should sit back here and we should hope that and get behind pete and we should try to to sit here and hope that he goes and that he can handle this job and if he can't then we'll see pretty quick but none of this is on any of us to figure out it's on pete hedgeseth now and i trust that all of us should come around him and we should sit here and help him become successful because if pete's successful
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
The president's successful. The United States of America is successful. And not only that, the globe is successful. So I think that that is the point that we've all got to rally around right now.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
And I would like to add on that. You look at my instance, right? We do have an officer problem. We've got a lot of great officers. We have a lot of great officers. I want to say it up front. There are some generals that are by far some of the best human beings that I know that wear the stars on their chest. But what I also want to say is we've got a lot of bad ones too.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
And you look at my instance. You take Afghanistan, my situation, where we've got two investigations, direct loss of life due to leadership. These officers got, they got letters of reprimand. They got promoted. Then they got out and retired. And then as this other general got out, he ripped up those letters of reprimand and nobody was held accountable. Now, let me tell you this.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
If I had made the decision and got somebody killed or done the same thing that they had done, I would have been hammered. Anybody enlisted would have made or planned that mission that they could have pinned it on. the enlisted would have been hammered. And so like seeing Pete come in and hopefully recognize that and fixing it.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I just think that like, I said it a long time ago, there has got to be some level of accountability. The accountability has got to be equal and it can't be this good old boy club that everybody is overlooking in the aspect of it. Like I'm in, I'm in, let's just hold them accountable. Like, like if you mess up,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
But the same level that you're going to hold this private who goes out and does something wrong or loses their rifle. Like, I just don't understand why a general like, you know, a general isn't held to the same standard as, you know, a Lance Corporal and gets in trouble. And it's just no way that anybody in the military will say that that is not the case.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I think it doesn't matter what Pete said today. I don't think it was going to matter. I don't think if he had said one way or the other, I don't think any of it really mattered. It was all about them getting their talking points out and their show out. I mean, the women in combat thing, like me and Pete, I told Pete on the phone that, you know, my what he what he is.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I think he clarified today for me. He clarified today initially what I'd heard, like small snippets. Right. Of, you know, which talking points or whatever has been spun out. Is, you know, no women in combat or I don't support women in combat. Right. But what you heard him today is clarify is like, no, look, I think I add an opportunity, but like the standard has got to be a standard.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
We cannot change up the physical demands. You can't sit here and you can't mitigate. You can't overlook those, nor can you tailor those, uh, the physical demands that boots on the ground. Yeah. I'm better roles are going to require. And it's not it's not gender based. It is it is the job based. And so I think when he clarified that up today, I 100 percent agree with that aspect of it. Right.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
I, you know, I 100 percent agree with that, because to be honest with you, Megan, like I have seen women that could outperform some of the men that go to combat next to me. Right. And so when it comes to that aspect of it. I have watched I have watched women who deserve to be in combat more than some of the guys that I've been in gunfights with and that I'd rather take them anyways. Right.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
So I just don't I don't get wrapped up into that aspect of it. Like meet the standard. Like go meet the standard. Can you lead people? Can you meet the standard? Can you go out and perform and can you be professional about it? Right. Because that is that is what it's about. And I think that that's what Pete portrayed today. I'm so glad he got to clarify that and he got to.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
to, to, to, you know, to really elaborate on some of his prior statements or, or what was spun or whatever. Right. But I just think that like, I don't think anything that he met, like what he said today was not changing any of their minds. It was all about. I think you're right.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Megyn Kelly's Instant Analysis of Pete Hegseth Hearing and Dem Absurdity, with Michael Knowles, Dakota Meyer, and Rob O'Neill | Ep. 982
Well, I worked out with Lance Armstrong this morning, so I don't know. I think we did have some push-ups in the workout, but I can't remember.