Pentagon clarifies Hegseth's repost on women's right to vote
Source: msn/Axios
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A Department of Defense official faced pressure Thursday to reaffirm Secretary Pete Hegseth's commitment to women's right to vote after the Pentagon chief reposted a video of a pastor in the secretary's church saying the opposite.
Why it matters: Reposting the video is a part of a growing list of controversial moves Hegseth has made toward women amid his effort to purge the military of "wokeness."
What they're saying: "Of course the Secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote," Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told reporters on Thursday.
"I'm not going to litigate every single aspect of what he may or may not believe in a certain video," she said.
Catch up quick: In the video, CNN interviews Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson and other pastors from Hegseth's church, the Congregation of Reformed Evangelical Churches.
One of the pastors in the video, Toby Sumpter, said that families should vote as a household. "And I would ordinarily be the one to cast the vote," he said. "But I would cast the vote having discussed it with my household." A separate pastor said he would support repealing the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Hegseth reposted the video with the comment, "All of Christ for All of Life," leading to questions about the secretary's views on women's rights.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pentagon-clarifies-hegseths-repost-on-womens-right-to-vote/ar-AA1Ky1Sw

no_hypocrisy
(53,074 posts)I'm supposed to believe that a majority of women in the 50 states will vote to repeal their constitutional right to vote. Non-MAGA women.
As much as I understand that voter suppression is still in its nascent stage, I can't believe the vote by women to repeal their right to participate in elections (local, county, state, federal) can be rigged that badly. And in blue states to boot.
Walleye
(42,471 posts)IbogaProject
(4,974 posts)Obviously this is condemnable but it is a type of distraction from Wealthy Greed and their Pedophile actions.
Bernardo de La Paz
(58,398 posts)valleyrogue
(2,312 posts)It is totally impossible to repeal the 19th amendment with one to repeal it, the only way it can be done constitutionally. The votes aren't there in Congress, the votes aren't there in the state legislatures.
It is a VERY high bar indeed to ratify a constitutional amendment.
These dudes who are yammering about undoing the 19th amendment are all upset because women are far more likely to vote Democratic than men. If they voted GOP in the same numbers, nobody would talk about it. The gender gap is real, and it has been known for DECADES, since the 1980s at least.
whopis01
(3,881 posts)and a Supreme Court to give it the ok.
I understand your point. But it is only correct if people follow the rules our society has established.
Botany
(75,307 posts)Just look @ Hogs Breath tattoos.
JustAnotherGen
(37,051 posts)He believes it.
johnnyfins
(2,899 posts)Except for the really Jesus parts of the bible. All that stuff is weak and woke...
Frauds all of them
marble falls
(68,569 posts)cbabe
(5,573 posts)marble falls
(68,569 posts)lildDemz
(88 posts)I find only a Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches in a quick search.
BumRushDaShow
(160,177 posts)(Axios has suddenly put up paywalls the past month or so)
Apparently that Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches used to be called the Confederation of Reformed Evangelicals but maybe they used AI to write the article and "Congregation" was what some botched AI came up with as a result.
muriel_volestrangler
(104,720 posts)https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4275138/pentagon-press-secretary-kingsley-wilson-holds-an-off-camera-on-the-record-pres/
I suppose the problem here is expecting a Trump-regime Press Secretary to get the basic facts of something they're talking about right.
Ray Bruns
(5,594 posts)Translation, wimmin folk with their new fangled genitals belong in the kitchen and not the voting booth. I just cant say it out loud.
Paladin
(31,604 posts)MotherFUCK Hegseth, and his gutless spokespersons. If Hegseth is a competent Pentagon leader, then there's hope for every ape in Africa. (None of the apes would have those creepy, racist, prison-yard tattoos, much less the snotty attitude.)
Hotler
(13,429 posts)Freedom and democracy or fascism and dictatorship. I can't tell.
70sEraVet
(4,887 posts)"Don't read too much into that video. The Defense Secretary was totally shit-faced when he posted it."
We would have believed THAT!
Autumn
(48,362 posts)The pentagon can also fuck off until it's small enough that we can drown it in a bathtub.
Beowulf42
(289 posts)If Hegseth has to post a statement supporting a woman's right to vote, it seems he has already lost the argument. What a maroon.
Bernardo de La Paz
(58,398 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(11,241 posts)twodogsbarking
(15,775 posts)and "here".
IzzaNuDay
(1,121 posts)like a crapload of toothpaste squeezed out the tube, too late to clarify what Kegsbreath said. eroding womens rights has been at the forefront of Christian nationalism and its closer to reality.
Pentagon needs to duct tape Kegsbreath until they can be rid of him!