Hegseth Supports Women’s Right to Vote, Pentagon Says

Hegseth Supports Women's Right To Vote, Pentagon Says, Despite His Having Reposted Video

In the reposted video, Pastor Jared Longshore, with the Christ Church, says he would support repealing the Constitution's 19th amendment which in 1920 granted women the right to vote.

Hegseth supports women’s right to vote, Pentagon says

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disagrees with revoking women’s right to vote, after he reposted a video last week about Christian nationalist pastors who say they want to repeal the 19th Amendment and oppose women serving in certain combat and leadership positions.“Of course the secretary thinks that women should have the right to vote,” Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson told reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday.Pressed…

Hegseth supports women's right to vote, Pentagon says, despite his having reposted video

By Idrees Ali

Pentagon chief endorses Christian nationalist push to give voting rights to households, not women

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on June 10, 2025. Photo by Daniel Torok | The White House “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’d support it o…