The guy proposed to lead the military against “the enemy within” wants a new crusades waged against “the left”, has come out against hand washing, and against vaccines, including for military troops.
BBC – Fox host says he ‘hasn’t washed hands in 10 years’ – 11 February 2019 Fox News host Pete Hegseth has said on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing”. Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.
Rawstory – ‘More dangerous than any’: Op-ed warns terrifying aspect of Trump pick is being missed – Kathleen Culliton November 21, 2024 Hegseth’s “odd” and “extremist” views, as expressed in his books, are that public education is a communist plot, vaccines are poison, and socialists were responsible for the Holocaust, Chait wrote. “He may be no less nutty than any of Trump’s more controversial nominees,” wrote Chait. “He is almost certainly far more dangerous than any of them.” Chait then arrives at the plans Hegseth has for liberals. “The War on Warriors” urges readers to treat the American left like wartime enemies, Chait reported, noting “American Crusade” details how Hegseth feels they should be handled. “American Crusade calls for the ‘categorical defeat of the Left,’ with the goal of ‘utter annihilation,’ without which ‘America cannot, and will not, survive,’” wrote Chait. “ “Are the Crusades just a metaphor? Sort of, but not really: ‘Our American Crusade is not about literal swords, and our fight is not with guns. Yet.’ (Emphasis—gulp—his).” Chait concludes with a note of explanation and a dark warning to protesters of Trump’s next administration. “The main question I was looking to answer when I started reading Hegseth’s collected works was whether he would follow a Trump command to shoot peaceful protesters,” Chait wrote. “After having read them, I don’t think he would even wait for the order.”
Mediaite – WATCH: Trump Pick Pete Hegseth Once Melted Down In Mediaite Interview – David Gilmour – Nov 13th, 2024 The interview continued on a rocky path as McLaughlin addressed the Covid-19 policy at The Patriot Awards which, like Fox News at the time, required vaccination or daily testing. McLaughlin asked why Hegseth had a problem with the Biden administration vaccine and testing mandates but not Fox’s own policy. Hegseth brushed it off: “Companies have prerogatives. What the government shouldn’t be doing is telling them what to do.” The exchange grew even more contentious when McLaughlin asked Hegseth if he’d been vaccinated. “This is the shameful part of this moment we’re in,” Hegseth replied, rejecting the question as invasive. “You’re intruding into every part of every person’s life and forcing them to take a personal choice and make it public.”
My letter to US Senators who will have to vote to confirm this jackass:
I don’t think a man who doesn’t believe in germs and doesn’t wash his hands should have a leadership position in the military. We know how dangerous disease can be to an army and a military campaign or national defense, so it doesn’t even make sense from a competency standpoint. And that’s even without the extreme fringy stuff he’s into. I remember when George W. Bush wound up having to apologize for some comment about The Crusades because it was a national security gaffe. We don’t need someone with Crusades tattoos in charge of the US military, inviting diplomatic incidents or worse. It would put us all at risk for no good reason.