A Republican openly laughed at Pete Hegseth over a stunt in which the defense secretary tried to cosplay as Tom Cruise’s Top Gun character.

Adam Kinzinger, a former Illinois congressman who was one of two Republicans on the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack, mocked Hegseth while sharing a preview clip of his ride in the back seat of a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet.

“Bahahahhahaha they really are not saying but kind of trying to imply to people that he flew it,” Kinzinger, a former Air National Guard officer, posted on X.

Hegseth took part in a fighter jet demonstration on Sunday at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada, alongside Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine. While former fighter pilot Caine flew his own F-16 fighter jet, Hegseth was instead placed in th

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