Not even 'MAGA girl' is allowed to criticize the Trump team

Turns out that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth really doesn’t like it when people point out that he’s afraid of answering journalists’ tough questions. In fact, it could cost you your job.

Gabrielle Cuccia, a reporter from One America News Network, told The Independent in a report published Monday that she was fired after making a post on Substack about how Hegseth hasn’t held a press briefing since he took his position in January.

Cuccia is a supporter of President Donald Trump’s and has described herself as “MAGA girl,” but clearly that wasn’t enough to keep her around at the pro-Trump OAN.

In her post, Cuccia called out media coverage that was critical of the Signalgate scandal, when a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where critical security information about military operations was shared. But she also took the Pentagon to task for its attempts to shape coverage of the Defense Department—and particularly Hegseth’s actions as chief.

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