Funny how one’s opinion “changes” when you’re suddenly up for a big, powerful job. Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, who just last month said during a podcast appearance that gays in the military are a “Marxist” agenda, told reporters today he now supports the gays in uniform. Quel surprise… From Politico:
Asked by reporters on Thursday during a meeting with Sen. Rand PaulRand Paul (R-Ky.) whether he supports gays serving in the military, he said, “Yes.”
The apparent pivot comes after meetings with more moderate Republican senators, including Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).
And it follows a CNN report Thursday highlighting comments Hegseth made in his 2024 book, The War on Warriors, and in recent media appearances.
He has called the original “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and its 2011 repeal a “gateway” and “camouflage” for broader cultural shifts that he argues have weakened military cohesion and effectiveness.
In 2015, Hegaseth said on Fox News that policies like repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell “erode standards” in favor of political goals like social engineering. In June 2024, Hegseth argued on The Ben Shapiro Show that the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was the beginning of the “tinkering” of the military for social justice. Today, he miraculously has had a change of heart. Sure, Jan… Hegseth has pulled a similar U-turn recently on the topic of women in combat roles.
Pete Hegseth says he no longer believes what he wrote in his book that gays in the military have weakened military cohesion and effectiveness. When did Hegseth write that? Checks notes: 2024. Yes this year. Hegseth has ZERO credibility. Plus he’s a rapist www.politico.com/live-updates… [image or embed]
— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) December 12, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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