DeGette Calls for Hegseth, Waltz to Resign

March 26, 2025 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released the following statement calling for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisory Michael Waltz to resign after the full content of the Signal chat involving multiple other high-ranking Trump administration officials was released to the public. “The level of incompetence shown by the Secretary of Defense and National Security Advisor is staggering. This is a systemic failure by some of the highest-ranking officials in our government, and if the information shared on this unsecured platform fell into the hands of an adversary, it would have put American servicemembers’ lives at risk. There must be accountability, and their failure to take responsibility and gaslight the public about what exactly happened demands answers. “At a minimum, Pete Hegseth and Michael Waltz must resign. There must be a full investigation into whether Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe committed perjury, and if any other criminal activity occurred. It may well be that all of these officials need to be fired.” ###