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BumRushDaShow

(160,177 posts)
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:43 AM Aug 15

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
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    Pentagon clarifies Hegseth's repost on women's right to vote (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 15 OP
    Repealing the 19th Amendment no_hypocrisy Aug 15 #1
    I think these maga would be just happy to repeal the entire constitution Walleye Aug 15 #3
    As long as we forget the Wealthy Class Greed distractions like this help them IbogaProject Aug 15 #17
    The end-run Cons are scheming is to require birth certificates match names, which excludes many married women. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 15 #18
    As long as we have the U.S. Constitution, woman suffrage is safe. valleyrogue Aug 15 #22
    The bar is an executive order whopis01 Aug 15 #23
    "When people show you who they are, believe them." Maya Angelou Botany Aug 15 #2
    Liars JustAnotherGen Aug 15 #4
    All of Christ for All of Life johnnyfins Aug 15 #5
    That's clarification in the same way a cat clarifi ... covers its poop. The poop is still there, but it can be ignored. marble falls Aug 15 #6
    Exactly my thought. Kick some pr dirt over it. cbabe Aug 15 #14
    It's the pro forma thing to do: it don't work but it's what they do. marble falls Aug 16 #25
    MSN misidentified the church denomination lildDemz Aug 15 #7
    This was msn's repost of an Axios article, which was the source BumRushDaShow Aug 15 #8
    "Congregration" is what the Pentagon uses muriel_volestrangler Aug 15 #15
    "I'm not going to litigate every single aspect of what he may or may not believe in a certain video' she said" Ray Bruns Aug 15 #9
    Talk about a chickenshit, too-little-too-late, ass-covering excuse. Paladin Aug 15 #10
    The Pentagon needs to clarify what side of history it stands on. Hotler Aug 15 #11
    The Pentagon Press Secretary should have just said, 70sEraVet Aug 15 #12
    The pentagon should stop pissing in my ear and telling me it's raining. I know better. Autumn Aug 15 #13
    Huh? Beowulf42 Aug 15 #16
    It's like Kegsbreath is unable to speak for himself. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 15 #19
    ROFL. Sure he does. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 15 #20
    Clarify? He put it in writing and said it out loud. Insert strong expletives "here" and "here" twodogsbarking Aug 15 #21
    Sorry, Pentagon. Can't undo the stupidity! IzzaNuDay Aug 16 #24
    The WH sucks........................ Lovie777 Aug 16 #26

    no_hypocrisy

    (53,074 posts)
    1. Repealing the 19th Amendment
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:49 AM
    Aug 15

    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.

    IbogaProject

    (4,974 posts)
    17. As long as we forget the Wealthy Class Greed distractions like this help them
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 11:55 AM
    Aug 15

    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)
    18. The end-run Cons are scheming is to require birth certificates match names, which excludes many married women. . . nt
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 01:06 PM
    Aug 15

    valleyrogue

    (2,312 posts)
    22. As long as we have the U.S. Constitution, woman suffrage is safe.
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 07:04 PM
    Aug 15

    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)
    23. The bar is an executive order
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 08:00 PM
    Aug 15

    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)
    2. "When people show you who they are, believe them." Maya Angelou
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:56 AM
    Aug 15

    Just look @ Hog’s Breath tattoos.

    johnnyfins

    (2,899 posts)
    5. All of Christ for All of Life
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 08:00 AM
    Aug 15

    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)
    6. That's clarification in the same way a cat clarifi ... covers its poop. The poop is still there, but it can be ignored.
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 08:02 AM
    Aug 15

    lildDemz

    (88 posts)
    7. MSN misidentified the church denomination
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 08:54 AM
    Aug 15

    I find only a Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches in a quick search.

    BumRushDaShow

    (160,177 posts)
    8. This was msn's repost of an Axios article, which was the source
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 09:21 AM
    Aug 15

    (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)
    15. "Congregration" is what the Pentagon uses
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 11:10 AM
    Aug 15
    KINGSLEY WILSON: So, as we have said on-the-record numerous times, the Secretary is a proud member of a church that is affiliated with the Congregation of Reformed Evangelical Churches which was founded by Pastor Doug Wilson. The Secretary very much appreciates many of Mr. Wilson's writings and teachings.

    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)
    9. "I'm not going to litigate every single aspect of what he may or may not believe in a certain video' she said"
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 09:33 AM
    Aug 15

    Translation, “wimmin folk with their new fangled genitals belong in the kitchen and not the voting booth. I just can’t say it out loud.”

    Paladin

    (31,604 posts)
    10. Talk about a chickenshit, too-little-too-late, ass-covering excuse.
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 09:42 AM
    Aug 15

    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)
    11. The Pentagon needs to clarify what side of history it stands on.
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 09:43 AM
    Aug 15

    Freedom and democracy or fascism and dictatorship. I can't tell.

    70sEraVet

    (4,887 posts)
    12. The Pentagon Press Secretary should have just said,
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 09:53 AM
    Aug 15

    "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)
    13. The pentagon should stop pissing in my ear and telling me it's raining. I know better.
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 10:51 AM
    Aug 15

    The pentagon can also fuck off until it's small enough that we can drown it in a bathtub.

    Beowulf42

    (289 posts)
    16. Huh?
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 11:47 AM
    Aug 15

    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.

    twodogsbarking

    (15,775 posts)
    21. Clarify? He put it in writing and said it out loud. Insert strong expletives "here" and "here"
    Fri Aug 15, 2025, 06:47 PM
    Aug 15

    and "here".

    IzzaNuDay

    (1,121 posts)
    24. Sorry, Pentagon. Can't undo the stupidity!
    Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:35 AM
    Aug 16

    like a crapload of toothpaste squeezed out the tube, too late to clarify what Kegsbreath said. eroding women’s rights has been at the forefront of Christian nationalism and it’s closer to reality.
    Pentagon needs to duct tape Kegsbreath until they can be rid of him!

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