Posted on 11/16/2024 6:59:54 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that's associated with white supremacist groups.
Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed against the Pentagon’s subsequent efforts to address extremism in the ranks, has said he was pulled by his District of Columbia National Guard unit from guarding Joe Biden’s January 2021 inauguration. He's said he was unfairly identified as an extremist due to a cross tattoo on his chest.
This week, however, a fellow Guard member who was the unit’s security manager and on an anti-terrorism team at the time, shared with The Associated Press an email he sent to the unit’s leadership flagging a different tattoo reading “Deus Vult” that’s been used by white supremacists, concerned it was an indication of an “Insider Threat.”
If Hegseth assumes office, it would mean that someone who has said it's a sham that extremism is a problem in the military would oversee a sprawling department whose leadership reacted with alarm when people in tactical gear stormed up the U.S. Capitol steps on Jan. 6 in military-style stack formation. He's also shown support for members of the military accused of war crimes and criticized the military's justice system.
Hegseth and the Trump transition team did not respond to emails seeking comment.
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'Deus vult' is a Christian motto relating to Divine providence. It was first chanted by Catholics during the First Crusade in 1096 as a rallying cry, most likely under the form Deus le veult or Deus lo vult, as reported by the Gesta Francorum and the Historia Belli Sacri.
How often can Liberals yell ‘WOLF’ and expect to be taken seriously!
Russia...Russia...Russia
Nazi
Fascist
Dictator
Threat to Democracy
Hitler
Enemy if the people....etc!
Which pick is not getting opposed? RFK isn’t pro-Life enough (amazing to see the MSM get behind that one!!), Tulsi is a Russian agent all of a sudden, Gaetz hasn’t been a lawyer long enough, now this...
God wills it.
More than likely, it was his fellow service member who were the threat. This crap about Hegseth is just more of the fascist crap vomited on America by the Marxist piggies. Stay the course. We can beat these bass turds at their own Marxist game.
“...someone who has said it’s a sham that extremism is a problem in the military...”
It is a sham that extremism of the form this author is wetting the bed about is a problem in the military.
Other forms of extremism maybe being a problem? Now we’re talking.
What did you expect.
Media was non-stop attacking Trump.
Now they moved on to his nominees !
They drummed him out because of his loyalty to merit and the Constitution.
I looked up “Deus Vult” and it seems that ONLY the Leftist Media has their collective panties in a wad.
To me that means that the pick of Pete Hegseth as Sec Def is SPOT ON!!!
Just more vicious lies from the left and their propaganda machine. Nobody should take them seriously.
I saw a long-form interview of Hegseth, he is up to speed on FAR MORE than just military matters. An example is education. He’s 44 years old, so don’t be surprised if you see him vying for the top job in the future.
Short memories of the many.
Remember how they treated the National Guard in the days following J6. There was indeed a witch hunt for extremism in the rank and file.
Remember how they left them to sleep in a parking garage.
Remember how they sent them spoiled food to eat.
All the while these were the men they were expecting to protect them from We the People.
Should they be concerned about Hegseth...I hope they are.
Concur.
Dear Congresscritters,
Don’t let paranoia run your lives, you have nothing to fear when you represent the people.
When all you have is a hammer...
They just won’t quit. Liberals are shameless, vicious, ruthless and unbelievably RELENTLESS!
The smear match be is just getting warmed up. It’s going to make the Kavenaugh hearing look like a picnic.
Oooh, how scary
Popular vote=mandate. They can pound sand.
It’s scary to those who want to play God.
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