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Pentagon Doubles Down on Hegseth’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ Quote After Outcry: ‘Ignorant of Reality’
The Pentagon said Hegseth recited a custom prayer used by Sandy 1 crews, and acknowledged it was inspired by dialogue from Pulp Fiction.
- On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recited a prayer at a Pentagon worship service that he attributed to Ezekiel 25:17, though it closely mirrored a fictional monologue delivered by Samuel L. Jackson in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction.
- Hegseth stated the "CSAR 25:17" prayer was recited by Sandy 1 pilots during a combat search and rescue mission in Iran earlier this month, claiming it reflected the biblical verse Ezekiel 25:17.
- During Thursday's The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert mocked the recitation, playing clips from Pulp Fiction to highlight similarities and calling the prayer "fishy" while noting Hegseth's misidentification of the source.
- The Pentagon defended the recitation Thursday, describing it as a "custom prayer" inspired by the film and used by warfighters, while pushing back against claims that the Secretary misquoted scripture.
- Critics contrasted the recitation with the actual biblical text of Ezekiel 25:17, which reads, "And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes," sparking debate over mixing fictional dialogue with military worship.
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The American Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is mocked online, following the publication of a video of him shot at the Pentagon. Internet users claim that the sermon he utters is not based on an excerpt from the Bible, but on a dialogue of the film "Pulp Fiction" by Quentin Tarantino. If the text that is read by the American leader is largely taken from the feature film published in 1994, Hegseth did not claim to quote the Bible directly when …
Lying Fake News Media Exposed For Attempting To Fabricate Hegseth "Fake Bible Verse" Scandal - The American Tribune.com
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth quoted from the movie “Pulp Fiction” during a press briefing regarding the ongoing conflict with Iran, and the result was that the media immediately began pushing fake news and claiming that Hegseth had fallen for quoting a fake Bible verse…whereas in reality he was just quoting from the movie. That came on Wednesday, April 15, when Secretary of War Hegseth gave a sermon during the Pentagon worship service. During t…
Hegseth Quoted Pulp Fiction As Scripture. It Gets Worse...
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‘This Is Embarrassing!’: Pentagon Scrambles to Bail Out Pete Hegseth After His Cringe Prayer Backfires — Then Critics Spot One Detail That Turns It Into a Full-Blown Disaster
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seemed certain he was delivering a powerful faith-filled moment this week when he recited what sounded like scripture
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