Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video from Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes women voting and supports Christian nationalist views, sparking criticism and over 12,000 social media likes.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video on X featuring pastors from Douglas Wilson's church saying women should lose voting rights and submit to their husbands.
- The repost followed a CNN report profiling Wilson, a Christian nationalist pastor whose movement promotes a patriarchal society and repeal of the 19th Amendment.
- Wilson expressed his desire for the country to identify as Christian and hoped for a similar outcome on a global scale, highlighting his expansive viewpoint.
- Hegseth's post garnered upwards of 12,000 reactions and was shared around 2,000 times on X, eliciting both support from some users and concern from others regarding the endorsement of Christian nationalist views.
- Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Hegseth is a proud CREC church member who appreciates Wilson's teachings, highlighting a deep personal connection and ongoing controversy.
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Pentagon: Hegseth Believes Women Should Have Right to Vote
The Pentagon affirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes women should have the right to vote. "Of course, the secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote. That's a stupid question," Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said at a press briefing. Hegseth shared a video on social media last week featuring interviews with pastors who said, "in an ideal society, we would vote as households," and Douglas Wilson, another pas…
Pentagon ducks questions on Hegseth’s support for Christian nationalist pastor’s beliefs
The U.S. Department of Defense is on the defensive after outrage erupted over Secretary Pete Hegseth’s repost of a CNN video last week featuring the head of his church — a hardline Christian nationalist pastor who says he wants the nation, and ultimately the world, to be ruled by Christianity. Hegseth’s caption: “All of Christ for All of Life.”Pastor Doug Wilson, according to a CNN video (below), also believes in a patriarchal society where wome…
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 …

Who’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’…
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