<p>Ousted &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; anchor Scott Pelley teared up when he claimed during a recent interview that he had &#8220;been in combat for this country.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pelley was terminated &#8220;for cause&#8221; just days earlier by executive producer Nick Bilton, after blowing up at the network&#8217;s new leadership under Bari Weiss — and he got emotional when he responded to some of the comments President Donald Trump had made about him.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Fired 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley on the verge of tears:</p>
<p>&#8220;I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in fox holes filling up with water in the desert.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/me6BJ9Eetg">pic.twitter.com/me6BJ9Eetg</a></p>
<p>— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/2063678370521432108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;He also said you were part go this gang of stupid crooked people that don&#8217;t care about your country,&#8221; interviewer Lulu Garcia-Navarro prompted Pelley.</p>
<p>&#8220;Stupid, I can take that. Stiff? Yeah, probably,&#8221; Pelley conceded, and then clearly struggled to get control of his emotions as he continued. &#8220;Don&#8217;t care about the country? I&#8217;ve never worn the uniform, but <span style="font-size: 16px;">I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in fox holes filling up with water in the desert.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not aware that the President of the United States has ever done any of those things for his country,&#8221; Pelley continued, still choked up a bit as he added, &#8220;Please correct me if I&#8217;m wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>He went on to argue that people became journalists because they &#8220;love the First Amendment&#8221; and because they truly love the United States.</p>
<p>&#8220;While all the other descriptions that the president used about me might be applicable, not that one,&#8221; he said, his voice breaking.</p>
<p>During the same interview, Pelley claimed that the firings at CBS News — his and several others — were like the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scott-pelley-compares-cbs-ouster-to-family-being-murdered-in-over-the-top-interview">murders</a> of close friends and family members.</p>

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