Summary
Female veterans and service members are condemning Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s comments opposing women in combat roles, calling them outdated and harmful.
Hegseth claimed women in combat complicate military effectiveness, despite decades of evidence proving their competence, including service in Iraq and Afghanistan, where over 300,000 women served, with 179 killed and over 1,000 wounded.
Critics, including Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Purple Heart recipient, argue Hegseth’s views ignore the realities of modern warfare.
His nomination has sparked backlash, further amplified by past allegations of sexual misconduct.
You know what? I’m starting to think that a nazi might not be a good pick for Defense Secretary if he can’t respect women.
I guess I’m confused but your need to qualify that statement at all.
Maybe we went wrong somewhere…
I’m starting to think that nazi is short for bad.
Naw this guy has literal white supremacist and Nazi tattoos
while you’re busy debating whether these are Nazis or just sparkling fascists you’ll end up in the same spot regardless
Sexual misconduct is a prerequisite for the trump administration
to be fair the army has historically been quite fond of it as well
I thought that was the navy 😉😘⚓️💦👅
You misspelled requirement
What do you think a prerequisite is? If you’re going to be pedantic, at least be right…
Hah! Beat me to the pedantry! I love that word.
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A prerequisite is basically a pre-requirement.
Oh nice, I didn’t think to type exactly that earlier.
But it wasn’t funny because a prerequisite and a requirement could be used interchangeably…can you try being less of an asshole? It might help your jokes land
So prerequisite only applies before, not necessarily during. I was stating its going to be continually required that they’re pieces of shit. They are interchangeable in the same sense that a cheeseburger is always a hamburger but a hamburger is not always a cheeseburger.
Most people agree with him and nothing will ever change their minds. We are not living in a world of evidence based beliefs.
So. The secretary of defense is not an elected position. Most people in the country don’t even know who currently holds the role.
The opinion of those he leads and works with is much more important.
The opinion of who leads the country and his voters are more important. It’s like the west trying to install democracy and progress in afghanistan. The locals aren’t having it.
“Most people agree with him”
No they don’t: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/01/29/broad-support-for-combat-roles-for-women/
"Two-thirds (66%) support allowing women in the military to serve in ground units that engage in close combat, while just 26% are opposed. "
Stop letting these fucktards own the narrative by default, dammit.
Sorry, ladies, but you were outvoted by the conservatives by a large margin. You could try confronting them, but it’s far too late now.
Well technically white women voted for this too.
Not the young ones.
Trump is throwing out rapid fire unqualified pics to force votes against him in the Senate. This isn’t usual politics. He’s just throwing grenades because he can.
No, he’s throwing out horrible picks so that the slightly less horrible picks that come after them seem reasonable.
Nah, he isn’t playing chess, he’s just the pigeon shitting all over the board.
He isn’t playing chess because he’s not the one doing the chess playing. He’s a puppet. Do you think he came up with any of Project 2025?
That is my theory too. I don’t think people understand how much the Republicans controlling Trump have been planning for this.
That’s exactly what this is. It’s easier to loot the country when everything is burning and your corruption isn’t the biggest problem.
I saw some bonkers rumor about Trump adjourning cogress allowing him to make recess appointments.
So he throws out shit nominees to force the Senate to not approve someone, looking at you RFK, Trump says he cant work with this Senate and adjourns them. Makes even worse appointmemts and bingo bango we have an american despot.
What does he gain from Senate voting against him?
Chaos? A distraction from whatever else he’s up to that night be worse? Idk.
Maybe, or open revolt from them to block anything he tries to do after. I’m hoping the gop splits at this point and nothing gets done for 4 years.
Targets.
I feel this argument has merit:
That Trump is rewarding loyalty with little consequence to himself and at the same time testing senators to see who will fall in line. That also has the effect of making many fall in line (see Dictatoring for Dummies, P. 14). At the same time he gets to soften up the senate for candidates who are almost as outrageous but will seem reasonable in comparison.
Do we really expect votes against him? They’re always bemoaning how bad he is, followed with falling in line to vote as dictated to them.
That and the fact that he thought it was a good idea to throw an ax at a small target that had people behind. And his white supremacist tattoo. And the dude does not wash his hands after he shits. It’d be a shame if he and RFK Jr got cholera and/or hep C.
Enjoy what you voted for ladies
