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Hegseth rails against ‘Godless left’ in political speech to Christian convention
Hegseth emphasized monthly Pentagon prayer services and Christian nationalist initiatives as key to U.S. founding principles and military leadership, aligning with conservative policy goals.
- On Feb. 19, 2026, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the NRB keynote in Nashville, arguing conservative Christianity underpins the U.S. founding and its institutions.
- Hegseth said he has expanded religious programming at the Pentagon, including routine prayer meetings and framing Republican policy issues as `biblical`, not merely political.
- Kansas City attendees Chris and Starr Meikel said they've followed Hegseth's ascent and praised his faith-driven leadership, while he invoked President Donald J. Trump and allied with pastor Doug Wilson, who prayed for `a black swan revival`.
- Denouncing the political left, Hegseth called it `performative political theater` while an opening prayer at the NRB event asked God to help `overcome Marxism, Socialism and Communism` and slogans rejected diversity, equity and inclusion and gender policies.
- By linking military religious programming with conservative media allies, Hegseth's Pentagon prayer services and invitation to pastor Doug Wilson, who prayed for `a black swan revival`, unite these networks.
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Hegseth criticizes ‘godless’ left at Christian media convention
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized the “godless” left and foreign ideologies while defending “Western Christian” ideas and traditions Thursday night at a Christian communicators conference in Nashville, Tenn. “Gone is godless and divisive DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion], gone is gender-bending equity and quotas, gone is climate change worship to a false God. We are…
·Washington, United States
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Hegseth rails against ‘Godless left’ in political speech to Christian convention
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth railed against the “Godless left” and praised “Western Christian” values and traditions in a headliner speech Thursday night at a Christian communicators conference in Tennessee.
·Atlanta, United States
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