In the face of anonymous, unsubstantiated, and debunked attacks on his character, conduct, and convictions, Hegseth has remained humble when discussing his leadership.
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s secretary of defense pick, was confirmed on Friday by a Senate vote of 51-50. But in the weeks leading up to his confirmation, he faced a smear campaign peddled by a propaganda press eager to undermine and distract from his qualifications for the role.
Yet another attempt to drag Hegseth’s name through the mud came the morning before the Senate vote when The Guardian decided to play the role of theological scholar under the misleadingly doomerist headline: “Revealed: Trump Pentagon nominee endorsed extremist Christian doctrine on podcast.”
In the article, The Guardian’s Jason Wilson claims that in “recordings” — which were, as Wilson himself notes, published almost a year ago — “Hegseth rails against ‘cultural Marxism,’ feminism, ‘critical race theory,’ and even democracy itself.” Wilson also notes how Hegseth, “for much of the over five hours of recordings,” “castigate[d] public schools” for pushing radical ideology on children. (So far, this sounds similar to most conservative Christians who consider God’s Word inerrant.)
Notably, Wilson waits until the 14th paragraph to note that the podcast series in question was “recorded for Pilgrim Hill’s Reformation Red Pill show,” which is hosted by a pastoral intern for the church Hegseth attends in Tennessee. Released ten months ago — long before Hegseth was tapped by Trump to lead the Pentagon — the episodes featuring the now-defense secretary largely focused on his 2022 book co-authored by David Goodwin, Battle for the American Mind. According to the show notes from the first episode in the series, host “Joshua Haymes and [then] Fox News Host Pete Hegseth discuss[ed] the desperate need for Christians to ensure that their children receive a Christian education.” […]
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