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Pete Hegseth now claims he didn't say the thing he said on camera a month ago

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Pete Hegseth 5 days ago: "I'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles."

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Hegseth: "Over human history, in those [combat] positions, men are more capable." We're not fighting the Crusades here; we don't need people to wield a battle-ax. If some women can fly aircraft, drive armored vehicles, or serve as combat infantry, why should they be banned from doing so?

In archeological evidence uncovered at the site of the Battle of Senbon Matsubaru between Takeda Katsuyori and Hojo Ujinao in 1580,DNA tests on 105 remains found that 35 of them were female. It was concluded that samurai women warriors fought in armies.

Just astounding what a moron he is. He has a serious alcohol problem, treats women like crap. He has cheated on several wives. Then the incident at the conference. If he did NOTHING wrong, why the payoff to her? He is unqualified to lead anyone. He is as self absorbed as the orange felon.

We all know Pete by now, in one of the contradictory clips he was hammered and Pete firmly believes drunk statements and actions don't count, as he can't remember them. Therefore, it didn't happen, a gqp tenet.

Of course he is, he has to pass the "Lying in Public Test" that Trump puts on every prospective Future Failure. Once he is in, and once he screws up royally and Trump fires him and ruins what's left of his life, you think he will have wished he had just stayed the Drunk Whiner on Fox Spews?

What the fuck it matter. In the end he is going to lie, not get challenged by our captive government, and try and do this as soon as he has the job… which he will get.

The guy is a huge pig who shouldn't serve in any capacity. But did he say a month ago that women shouldn't be in combat roles? That is different than not in the military at all, no? TL;DR - do we really need to catch an unqualified abuser on hypocrisy where his statements may be consistent anyway?

We are the only country in the world that would consider letting a guy run their military when his best argument for being qualified is, "I promise not to drink, on the job". Topped by, not a single senator ask, "what about boofing and other drugs?". Comedy writers wonder why they can't get work.

People in the military go through basic training, even cooks. We cannot have a massive number of women in the military that aren’t prepared & allowed in combat when things go south.

The continuation of all of the chump cult, they never take ownership of their rhetoric or deeds and try to make everyone believe that they saw or heard something else. Apparently, there are a lot of Americans that have selective amnesia, it is up to the rest of us to remind the amnesiacs EVERYTIME!

There is a difference between "in the military" and "in combat roles". To be clear, I do not believe Mr. Hegseth should be SecDef. But I also dislike spin - from either side. This guy gives you sooooooooo much to ridicule him on. Why push something like this?

Why not, if they feel like being soldiers/officers themselves, and are qualified for the tasks that it entails? Women and men might go about things differently, but that does not make women "less than" ito. getting the job done. #ThankfulForSoldiers

It took me a minute to realize you weren't talking about Pete Buttigieg. He's the Pete who comes to my mind. I call the other one Hegseth cause there's no way I'd want to be on a first-name basis with him. I'd gladly have Pete at my home; never would I allow Hegseth across the threshold.

They would because women like this have disdain for victims of sexual assault. There’s a certain type of Conservative woman who believes women who get assaulted “put themselves in that situation”.

Victim blamers either have the luxury of never having been sexually assaulted or are carrying the shame of accepting victim blame themselves, thus believe other women should have the same burden. Wish they'd figure out men are to blame and get on board with empowering women and our voices.

She's definitely another ovary-less woman, but she's not got a vote on these a-holes. Another whole list is needed for the House. Mace, Greene and Bobert head the list in that chamber.

The guy gives an interview with booze in the background after CNN insinuates he is a morning drinker and flat out says he has a problem with booze. Find someone else for the position.

Yep. MSNBC is the only channel that will actually provide context when we call someone a liar. The rest of the media have the memory of a gnat so they can't understand why liberals get so upset when MAGAts say things.

Donald Trump after shooting someone on Fifth Avenue: "Fake news! I didn't shoot them!" Seriously, they're doing the Jim Carrey as Count Olaf after he slaps Klaus in the film version of A Series of Unfortunate Events. "You all saw it! The boy slipped!"