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Did Senator Mazie Hirono ask Sec. Pete Hegseth a simple question: Will you follow federal court orders? Did Sec. Pete Hegseth say no? Senator Mazie Hirono's manipulative Sec Pete Hegseth’s answer to fit her distorted narrative! Shameful!! THE TRUTH of how Pete Hegseth answered.. Senator Mazie Hirono asked Pete Hegseth during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on June 18, 2025, whether he would follow a federal court order if it deemed the deployment of troops into U.S. cities illegal. Specifically, she asked, “If the court says this deployment of troops into our cities is not legal would you follow that court’s order?” Hegseth responded, “I don’t believe district courts should be determining national security policy…When it goes to the Supreme Court we’ll see.” This response was interpreted by Hirono and some observers as a refusal to commit to following federal court orders, effectively implying “no” without directly saying it. Hirono herself stated on X, “I asked Pete Hegseth a simple question: Will you follow federal court orders? He said no.” However, Hegseth’s actual statement avoids a direct “no” and instead questions the authority of district courts in national security matters, suggesting he would wait for a Supreme Court ruling.