Secretary Of Defense Nominee Hegseth Refuses To Say He Would Object To Shooting Protesters
Hegseth's confirmation hearing was completely depressing for people who care about this country.
1. He deflected many questions to his subservience to Trump. When asked what he would do , he repeatedly defaulted to the "wisdom" of the incoming president. This included questions about what he would do if Trump gave him an illegal order.
2. He didnt make a single statement that indicated he would disagree with Trump about anything, even privately. Rather he acted like quite the fanboy and toady of Trump.
3. Answered none of the questions about his alleged personal scandals, deflecting all of them .
4. Mentioned Jesus as his lord and savior a few times, something no one asked him about.
5. Said that he will look for people to demote or subject to disciplinary measures among the officer corp of the military, based on "wokeness".
The thing that depressed me about the hearing is that no one asked him about his Christian nationalism. Hegseth is a member of a far right Christian congregation whose pastor is described correctly as an advocate for having a country run by Christians.
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The Republicans have apparently rallied around him, which given his inability to honestly answer questions is disturbing. It was as bad as everyone who is not MAGA thought it would be.
The Democrats' histrionics have guaranteed his confirmation. What an embarrassing showing for the Democratic Caucus. Having Mr. Stolen Valor himself question his credentials was a great visual.
By any objective standards, Hegseth did nothing today but prove he is not qualified. Not a single Republican would vote for a candidate like this if he were a Democrat nominee.
Hegseth will unquestionably roll over for Trump, he exhibited that repeatedly today.
When asked if he would object to an order to shoot Americans protesting, he said he would leave that up to Trump.
And Tim Kaine, the running mate for the left's queen Hillary, had the gall to ask questions about the anonymous reports of infidelity.
This coming from someone who knows Hillary quashed all of the legitimate rape victims of her husband for many years. .
And all the democrats would.
Doubtful, very doubtful but I suppose it helps some to hate on him like that.
Hegseth will likely be an outstanding SecDef.
Outstanding.
But if he were a Democrat, other Democrats would be falling over backwards voting for him wouldn't they?
Exactly.....
If his name was Pete Hegseth and he had the exact same qualifications and "accusations" leftists would be screaming it is a witch hunt and demand he get confirmed the same day of the hearing.
Good gawd I hope not! I would hope that no Democratic POTUS-elect would even consider someone like him for that position
Well, Joe Biden put Lloyd Austin in as SecDef and look where that has gotten us thus far. I'm willing to give Hegseth the benefit of the doubt.
Have a good day, Ed
You too.
"Hegseth's confirmation hearing was completely depressing for people who care about this country."
Dems have once again how little they care about this country and all it stands for. He's more qualified than most of Biden's appointees. They tried to "Kavanaugh" him and it failed miserably.
What a sad display of the left's hypocrisy and fear mongering.
We already passed the threshold on shooting protestors, and it wasn't just shooting them in the leg. Michael Byrd shot to kill.
Secretary Of Defense Nominee Hegseth Refuses To Say He Would Object To Shooting Protesters
Like shooting an unarmed women type of thing?
All trump has to do is declare they are a terrorist, then a hellfire missile. the left has proven they are fine with this.
With good reason. It’s unconstitutional. Religious tests for office are prohibited.
Having said that, it is expected that a public servant will be able to separate his faith from his duty. If there were something in the nominee’s past that indicated he was incapable of that, I believe that would be a reasonable line of questioning.
Is Christian nationalism a religion or a political position?
It's neither. It is a made up term from the far left to demean Christians.
Seems pretty religious.
Most religions are political, though not necessarily partisan, in that they are concerned with issues that affect people. Religious organizations routinely lobby the government on issues they care about.
At the same time, political officials commonly invoke God or religious beliefs.
Christian nationalism is a political movement that calls for the country to be exclusively run on Biblical principles. Its not just another sect of Christianity.
You can’t even describe it without using words like “Christian” and “Biblical.” They are clearly religious. The fact that they have political goals doesn’t change that.
Read or skim through some of Hegseth's writings. I think they are quite worthy of questioning before he assumes a high position in the government.
US Constitution, Article VI, Section 3:
I totally get that you don’t like them. I don’t either. But you can’t go interrogating them about their religious beliefs. It has been tried before and it never has a good result.
Largely a creation of liberal left, blown way out of proportion by hateful progressives and atheists.
ICYMI
Would you be so fearful if he were a Muslim?
Actually, if Hegseth were a democrat and going for the same position under a D president, they would be calling us Islamaphobic, among all the other names they have called us over the years.
These hearings are a ridiculous waste of time. They have evolved into a bunch of people that like to hear themselves talk and hopefully get a soundbite on cable news.
Good luck to Pete
Hegseth was too scared to meet with any of the Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. A sniveling coward like that is going to run the U.S. military? Ruin, maybe, because that's about all he's capable of.
Rather than waste his time with people that had already made up their mind they were not going to vote for him he spent time with Republicans that may have been on the fence. That shows more intelligence than fear. Trying to say a guy that was awarded a bronze star in Iraq was afraid of talking to a bunch of blowhard senators vying for a soundbite just shows how much some on the left will make things up to try and discredit him.
Good luck to Pete
Hegseth actually has been awarded the Bronze Star twice.
None of whom have served their country, especially during war times and mooch off the taxpayer for self generated raises.
One other thing different from Senators and Hegseth.
Hegseth has not gotten rich simply because he is an elected official.
Is that so?
Among the Democratic Senators who are currently members of the Senate Armed Services Committee:
Sen. Tammy Duckworth -
Sen. Mark Kelly -
Sen Jack Reed -
Sen. Gary Peters -
Hegseth was too cowardly to meet with any of them.
See 5.1. Still stands as the facts.
No. It doesn't.
Then tell me why he should have wasted his time talking to folks that were definitely not going to vote yes for him while there may have been some folks in the Republican party on the fence.
Also tell me why he was scared to talk to the dems, are they scary?
"A sniveling coward like that is going to run them U.S. military?"
The man has multiple awards for bravery in combat. Sniveling coward? I don't think so.
Sniveling cowards are Sergeant’s who abandoned their men right before they were deployed, or honor thief’s like Blumenthal.
Why meet with only part of the Committee? Couple that with after watching Democrats in the hearing yesterday the only thing he missed were more stupid questions and accusations.
democrats in the Senate are irrelevant, they are just bitter.
The word you are looking for is butthurt.
Hegseth must be a true supporter of Kyle Rittenhouse. Could he have been among the soldiers at Kent State U back in May of 1970?
Anything to support that claim or just more blueanon bullshit?
He was born in 1980
I should have posted my comment as a reply to this:
"When asked if he would object to an order to shoot Americans protesting, he said he would leave that up to Trump."
So if Trump said "shoot", he would?
If the "protestors" are like the ones we saw during the Democrat / left supported George Floyd riots, and since you mentioned it, it would kind of like Rittenhouse's situation - self defense.
Yep, gotta take my rifle and travel to another State to be among those dangerous rioters.
Yep, another state about 20 miles from his home.
Wow!
Nothing illegal about that. Spin it however you want. In the end, it was self defense.
A non sequitur since it has not happened.
Sorry to have riled up the gun worshippers with my sarcasm.
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