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Pete Hegseth sparks outrage posting cartoon of TV character blowing up boats amid war crime claims
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was slammed for making a joke out of the ongoing strikes against boats leaving Venezuela after posting several photos of Franklin the Turtle blowing up boats.
The post comes amid House and Senate inquiries into a reported second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September. Hegseth reportedly ordered the military to "kill everybody" after the first strike on the boat left two survivors clinging to wreckage in the water. Hegseth has called the story "fake news."