{"id":3384,"date":"2025-05-27T13:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:55:42","slug":"pete-hegseth-rolls-up-his-sleeves-to-cook-for-disabled-veterans-they-deserve-more-than-just-our-thanks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth Rolls Up His Sleeves to Cook for Disabled Veterans \u2014 \u201cThey Deserve More Than Just Our Thanks\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

It wasn\u2019t a TV segment. It wasn\u2019t a campaign. It was just Pete Hegseth in an apron, flipping burgers on a worn-down grill behind a small community center in Des Moines, Iowa.<\/p>\n

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Last Saturday, the Fox News host and Army veteran surprised everyone by showing up to a local cookout organized for disabled veterans. What no one expected? He brought the grill, the food, and he insisted on cooking every meal himself<\/p>\n

Most people just shake your hand and move on,\u201d said Anthony, a wheelchair-bound Marine veteran. \u201cPete stayed. He grilled. He served my plate himself. I haven\u2019t had someone do that for me in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The event\u2014unannounced and unfunded\u2014was something Hegseth quietly planned with a few friends and local veteran advocates. \u201cHe told us, \u2018Let\u2019s not wait for Veterans Day. Let\u2019s make this<\/em> Saturday matter,\u2019\u201d said one volunteer.<\/p>\n

Over the course of six hours, Pete served over 200 meals: burgers, grilled chicken, corn on the cob, and homemade cookies his wife sent with him. But more than food, he offered time\u2014sitting down, cracking jokes, even helping clean up.<\/p>\n

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