scheller said. you are in uniform. you re the tony vin man on the right. that chubby clown put politics under oath and decided to undermine the commander-in-chief. it is wrong when he does it. when you play stupid games you win stupid prizes. leaders have to be accountable. we re watched every day. being an example and do the right thing and raise your subordinates to be ready for the greatest honor in the world which is to lead men and women in combat. this lieutenant colonel failed and i disagree. i think he is should go away. pete: david, fair point, his people would say, he took accountability for it. he was pushed out of the marine corps. he knew what he was doing was wrong and but needed to speak out. what do you expect to hear from him going forward, setting that aside? i expect to hear everything i heard you say more articulately to more people. the difference with pete hegseth
is you didn t violate your oath. there were many things you disagreed about in the obama administration, pete. you could have put your uniform on and amplified that message but you chose to put your army and your soldiers above your politics. that is an example. and what this lieutenant colonel should have done. i expect to hear a bunch of excuses. i don t want to hear him. it was wrong when vin man did it. it was wrong with when this guy done it. we are warriors. get the politics out of soldiering. do your student job. that he was it. pete: david bellavia, you are a warrior indeed. happy new year, brother, appreciate your time. thank you. pete: you got it. turn now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for our fox weather forecast. first time laying ice on your beautiful face in the new year. great to see you. rick: happy new year, pete, good to see you too. hope you had fun in nashville the other night.
department, many of which across the globe push interests which are totally against what those in america would deem to be our interests. i want to move on to one other story though, david, you remember lieutenant colonel stewart scheller, one of the only people that spoke out of the military marines lieutenant colonel. he has since been released from the marine corps. he is now free to speak to the public. he will we believe speaking with tucker sometime this week. he posted on facebook, he put that video out we re looking at on our screen that everyone heard. what do you expect to hear from this lieutenant colonel going forward? you know, i m going to tell you what, pete, lieutenant colonel s don t buy pickups at 29% apr, they don t marry strippers and the other thing lieutenant colonels don t do, don t pick up the cameras and turn them into reality show testimonials and go on tiktok undermine chain of command. i agree what everything colonel
don t talk to people who fall in that camp, they have the media covering for them. there is a price when the american people have their say. laura: us marine lieutenant colonel scheller pled guilty for speaking outside the state of command, holding himself accountable for his own actions while the leaders never have to. in moments his lawyer will tell us what he wants next. years.
corps tried to run down, had nothing to do with any of that. the issue before the court now is what his punishment will be. i m expecting a letter of reprimand. they will continue with this, quote, extreme setting of all members of the armed forces and saying automatic alerts will flag records or activities of concern among all defense department personnel. extreme setting of our troops. i don t even know what that means. i was a captain in the marine corps. we do have the first amendment, lieutenant colonel scheller spoke out, put himself forward and was accountable for it, to