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Fact or Fiction: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Believes Women Shouldn't Have Right to Vote?
Hegseth's repost highlights the rise of Christian nationalist views in the Republican Party, with only 10% of Americans identified as adherents in 2024, promoting repeal of women's voting rights.
- Reposting a video last Thursday, Pete Hegseth linked to Wilson’s claim that women should not vote, as Wilson argues for a patriarchal country, CREC cofounder.
- Drawing on his denomination’s reach, Wilson said CREC has more than 130 churches in four continents since 1998.
- In the CNN segment, Wilson explained that in his view, the United States should become a Christian and patriarchal country, where voting rests with the male head of household.
- With his cabinet status, Hegseth amplifies fringe Christian nationalist views within the Republican Party and reposting raises concerns about the 19th Amendment.
- Several Republican figures have flirted with repealing the 19th Amendment as Christian nationalism gains traction in state and local legislatures.
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Pete Hegseth Shares Video Of Pastor Saying Women Shouldn’t Vote
Source: Anadolu / Getty In yet another sign of America’s descent into authoritarianism, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video of a pastor saying women shouldn’t vote. Before we get into it, I just want to give a quick shoutout to the 53% of white women who voted for the folks who actively want to disenfranchise them. They are truly the MVPs of going against their self-interest for a mediocre man. According to NPR, the video was a CNN …
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The 19thWho’s questioning women’s right to vote?
Pete Hegseth at Secretary of Defense confirmation hearing in January. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) This story was originally reported The 19th. “In my ideal society, we would vote as households,” a pastor tells CNN. “And I would ordinarily be the one that would cast the vote, but I would cast the vote having discussed it with my household.” Another agrees, saying he’d back an end to a woman’s right to vote: “I would support that, and I’…
Recently, the U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth saw in the centre of a poll to share a video on their social networks. The video, which quickly became viral, presents two pastors who claim that women should not have the right to vote. Originally transmitted by an American TV network, the content generated an intense public debate, especially because the pastors are leaders of the church frequently attended by Hegseth. One of the pastors argues…
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