{"id":42595,"date":"2026-08-13T06:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T01:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42595"},"modified":"2026-08-13T06:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T01:45:12","slug":"marco-rubio-surprises-katie-miller-by-calling-pete-hegseth-a-cat-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42595","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio surprises Katie Miller by calling Pete Hegseth a &#8216;cat guy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/69a9c7604fb119.53579715-e1786553001371.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n        <iframe id=\"instaread_iframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audio Article\" style=\"display:block\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p><\/instaread-player><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio told conservative media personality Katie Miller in a recent episode of her podcast that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is \u201ca cat guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=09XnM4XHjuk\">During the interview<\/a> with Miller, Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Rubio, talked about their pets at home, with Marco Rubio saying one of their dogs is \u201creally smart\u201d and knows how to open the door. He also noted that Hegseth is a neighbor of theirs.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>They live at Fort Lesley J. McNair, an Army base in Washington, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/18\/hegseth-rubio-drone-targeting-iran\/?_pml=1\">The Washington Post<\/a>. Many Trump administration officials have moved into the military housing to stay shielded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2025\/10\/trump-officials-military-housing-stephen-miller\/684748\/\">protests and violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne day, I think Pete and his family were just sitting around watching television, and they keep their front door open because they have cats, which I never took Pete for a cat guy,\u201d the secretary of State said.<\/p>\n<p>He added later that his \u201cdog just walked into\u201d Hegseth\u2019s living room \u201cand looked around, realized, \u2018I\u2019m in the wrong house,\u2019 and turned around and walked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, they\u2019ve had some experience over there. But I think the dogs are attracted to his house because the cats,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Rubio has posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarcoRubio\/photos\/happy-birthday-winston-he-turns-1-7-in-dog-years\/10159510542757708\/\">pet photos<\/a> before, captioning one photo of one of his dogs from 2020, Winston, saying that he \u201ctold Winston he can\u2019t have a [phone] until he is 13.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he asks a good question, is that dog years or human years?\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CCs7ljglB7b\/\">added in the Instagram<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. 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