Comments made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a highly-publicized — and criticized — gathering at Quantico at the end of September may come back to haunt him as lawmakers announce hearings into possible war crimes by Donald Trump’s appointee to head up the Pentagon.

During Hegseth’s appearance, that was notable about his complaining about “fat” military personnel, he also made it clear he did not feel soldiers should be constrained from doing their jobs as he saw them.

On Tuesday morning, the co-hosts of “Morning Joe" resurfaced a clip from Hegseth’s rant that likely will be used against him when hearings are held.

In the video, an animated and pacing Hegseth boasted, “We're training warriors, not defenders. We fight wars to win, not to defend. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country.”

“No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement, just common sense. Maximum lethality and authority for warfighters,” he ranted.

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