OMG I thought I was in a church service. Who the hell was he catering to in this hearing? Then lying through his teeth, not answering direct questions. I can only hope a few republicans wake up from their slumber and vote no.
Right under some guise of religious persecution if you dare to question or hold them accountable. And they are the first ones to hold everyone else to some insane standards & judgemental absolutes.
AND... if you care so much abt the citizens of this great country, why don't you change parties?? I did!! Pres Obama saved me. George W lied to me & put country into recession, so I left. Been happier ever since!!
I was in the military when Oliver North and his ilk were raised up. Took me years to extricate myself, finally left under Newt and his inveterate meanness.
Isn’t it always funny how these Republicans with little morals love to throw the name of Jesus around when they think it’ll help their cause? Hegseth all of the sudden is a ‘born again Christian.’ Use Jesus as a shield to protect them against allegations of impropriety.
Wait? Was he reborn on the day the future FOTHUS tapped him for a job he is no way qualified for? Was it after public drunken debacles?After cheating on all his wives? After he was fired from Vet programs he ran? Just when did it happen?! Curious.
Mr. Hegseth grew up in a Christian home. Even so, he told a Christian magazine in Nashville last year that he underwent a religious transformation in 2018, in his late 30s, when he and his current wife, Jennifer Hegseth, began attending Colts Neck Community Church in New Jersey. (NY Times, 5 Dec 24)
So his Mom, also a Christian woman, wrote that scathing letter to her non-Christian like son? Ok. I believe her
Him not so much. He should not be hired bc of his prior drunken and misogynistic behavior and total lack of experience.
That is what you get when an unqualified president elect nominates an unqualified defense secretary, not to mention the fact that they are both sex offenders https://youtu.be/mZWGIRCBT3M?si=7Lx0IO6LtN4ogRzZ
“I’ve been redeemed by my lord and savior Jesus Christ.” Ya ok so what? That’s what all the “Christian’s” say about their pedophilia while they continue to be pedophiles! Fuck you Pete Hegseth!
I see your point but stand by my standpoint. He’s an on par dirtbag just like the everyone else who uses the name of Christianity to hide their closet from everyone. Just ask Mike Johnson.
I have a feeling we are going to hear it a bunch of times through these hearings. I hope Duckworth and Kelly hit him as hard as the gals and Tim Kaine.
Apropos of nothing, I like beer... I like it too much, so I stopped drinking. I like women too, but I've always waited for yes and checked in to make sure it's still yes... Never mind that I have never forced myself on anyone.
When You Can’t Explain: How You Qualify, That You Have No Necessary Prior Experience, Are An Alcoholic And Sexual Predator, A Liar With No Ethics Or Morals—Claim Jesus Fixed You—So Now You Deserve Appointment As Sec. Of DOD.
I love how the "Redeemed by Jesus" card is thrown around when it's a republican whose repulsive "misdeeds" are in question, but never do they preach that when it's a, oh let's say, Hunter Biden.
They commit adultery in the name of Jesus, they rape in the name of Jesus, the sexually assault women in the name of Jesus. Just look at Catholic priests. Fake fake fake and still those poor gullible people think they follow God! Republicans know their fools very well.
Ummmmmmm excuse me. You forgot the Alter boys,the choir boys and well boys in general.
Has a catholic priest actually ever assaulted a woman?
Or did you mean girls?
Mango Mussolini is a fraud & a con artist. I’m NOT a gamble&I would bet everything I own that he is just as religious as me & I haven’t believed for years now. It took a long time to deconstruct from my indoctrination from infancy, religious family,&religious schools.Fuck religion&phony believers.
hey @adamkinzinger.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Even if Hegseth is not confirmed, it does not seem suspicious to anyone that the orange criminal wants to keep the SOD position empty in a similar way to when he incited the insurrection.
You nailed it!! I have so much respect for the positive messages that Jesus is recorded to have said and influenced people in a positive way.
These conservatives have roped Jesus into their negative or hateful situations and it’s extremely disrespectful.
Christian is not a synonym for good.
The Crusades, the Inquisition, the colonization of North and South America and Africa, Salem, the slave trade, Jim Crow, the Holocaust -- all the work of Christians who were also bad people. Like Trump.
Many are good. Like everyone else.
I love you, man, but Jesus (a Jew and a Rabbi in 1st century Judea) as Political Prop for Republicans and Neo-Nazis is nothing new or interesting. For a second, when Hedge Goosestep (Hespeth) was rolling, I thought some Evangelicals would surround him and lay hands. Barry Goldwater warned yas.
The Pharisees allegedly referred to him as such, referring to him as a teacher and their "peer." The Hebrew word for that in 1st-century Judea was rabbi. Small "r." I'm an atheist, so I don't care either way. In the immortal words of my Uncle Ernie, "It's either all bullshit or none of it is."
The only people alleged to refer to him a small-r Rabbi ("teacher") were his followers. The cap-R - which is the term you used - wasn't established until well after his death.
Is it really? Maybe he should have gone a step further and just had a life-sized, to-scale Crucifix and a poster of Joseph Smith discovering Gold Plates in the garden spot of Palmyra, New York, behind him. The GOP has been merging American Christianity with Politics for 40 years. Meh. It's all prop.
I don't get it , except to say, if people are that f'ing stupid, maybe they shouldn't be allowed to vote , or breed , for that matter... just saying...
So, America doesn't do coups? Trump has called for it. If this isn't done, we will be in WWIII and millions will die. Junta now and fuck what it looks like. Junta for democracy. NOW
and the sure sign of someone who isn't closely familiar with the red letters of the bible. "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them"
Even though Hegseth invokes Christ’s name whenever he can, he would surely choose Trump over Jesus in a second. His responses today reflected his complete loyalty to Trump.
It is disturbing that it happens, but even more disturbing that so many people fall for it. Apparently they have never
heard of “Ye shall know them by their fruits.”
Perhaps it is causation rather than correlation. We have 1600 years of history… which Christian nation didn’t devolve into atrocities in that time? Not one. Hmmmm.
Well - Jesus can save you and forgive your sins. It doesn't mean you're fit for an office of major responsibility. Hence the need to separate church and state.
MAGA Playbook
1. Hide behind “God”
2. Hide behind “interpretation” of the constitution
3. Hide behind ignorance
4. Gaslight the other side
5. If all else fails… just be mean
Just read that Greenland is amenable to closer ties with the US. I'm trying to figure out if that public statement is because the illegal incoming POTUS sent his spawn, or if they really don't recognize the danger of doing business with the US under him?
Cautiously, agree! Lots of precious minerals for oligarchs to exploit! From the Bloomberg article, Denmark is willing to let Greenland lose if they want it! Come April, we'll know more, hopefully!
That's the basis of their ideology. Seven Mountains Dominionism. Look it up. It's awful for the Gospel. Uses the name of Jesus to support their political goals. SMH
Church and State were meant to be separated. That should never be a prop in a hearing and it just shows everyone how unfit these people are to hold an elected office and choose more unfit people to run the designated offices.
Not since Jodie Foster missed out on her chance at inter dimensional travel has God and Jesus been used to pull the wool over a hearings eyes and ears.
Thank you. I am now required to follow you back - not because you followed - but because I follow all members of the Rebel Alliance. The Force be with you.
I don’t think you should gaslight us about how your former party has used god, Jesus, and Christianity as a prop its horrible politics my entire life. Since Reagan the GOP has claimed god on their side and used god to vilify lgbt people and women just YESTERDAY.
If they can convince people that they're oh so righteous and they're doing the things that God himself commands, they can get away with literally anything.
It makes the poor more compliant and less likely to complain about their wages , working conditions and lack
Of hope! MAGA are the epitome of this method
Not understanding the gospel you purport to believe in is nothing new. Talk about faking something … and hoping no one blows away their cover with “tell us what you most appreciate about what Jesus taught”!
I felt that too. And what was the deal with, "You're asking me a hypothetical and I don't make decisions based on hypotheticals"...even though real life examples were being provided? 🤦🏻♀️ If I said that in a job interview; I would not be hired.
They don’t care about abortion. That’s about control
In my experience they use their religion as a type of cloak against having to deal with their terrible behavior. So long as they say “i’m a Christian therefore i’m good”
Then they claim persecution when called on their BS
Truth! Keep Speaking the Truth louder than their money grubbing lies! Boycot everything the liars are pushing. Drop X, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and anything advertised on their platform! Starve the PIGS! Down load “GOODS” and only support Democratic Business!
i read tim albertas power and the glory and the way they brainwash is sick. I can now see why so many love rfk jr for example. because all the disgusting shit he spews they hear at their own church
I just read an AP story that Dumpster is not flying the flag at half staff at MiraLardass...and deSanctimonious will do the same in FL on inauguration day. Absolutely no respect!
They will falter at their gates of their perceived heavenly gates. Just because the almighty will forgive them for sins against humanity does not mean they will not pay the price
Comments
The GOP has used Jesus as a prop for decades.
and faux-Christian
It separates the front lines from the support.
Marking them as the “manliest, most violent of men”
And the far right eats that shit for dinner like it’s a seven course meal.
Fascism and Christianity are both authoritarian, patriarchal, and misogynistic ideologies.
now cry.
Pot calls kettle Black. How rich is THAT??🤷♀️🙄 Rhetorical question.😤
Don't give me this shit about policies. The GOP is not for small gov. Taxes are not evil (they pay for stuff we all need and use).
The GOP policy is for a white...
So please stop the faux outrage!!
Stressed & cynical, but still, my apologies. 🤪
Did you hear reporter ask Pres Biden if he gives cred to tfg for #CeaseFire??
I'm glad to see you back.
How brain-dead can that reporter be??
I'm sure MAGAts are already giving FELOTUS 34 all the credit.
The battle for democracy around the world is going to be enormous over the next 4 years.
when it should have been: "Romanii ite domum!"
So Brian had to write it out correctly 100 times before dawn.
THEOCRACY (THēˈäkrəsē) a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
MAGA moving beyond a cult
Kleptocracy fits nicely as well!
Wonder if he gonna have his mommy testify for him.
Him not so much. He should not be hired bc of his prior drunken and misogynistic behavior and total lack of experience.
https://youtu.be/mZWGIRCBT3M?si=7Lx0IO6LtN4ogRzZ
That’s for when you die. Right now, on earth, we must go by actual behaviors & qualifications.
Apropos of nothing, I like beer... I like it too much, so I stopped drinking. I like women too, but I've always waited for yes and checked in to make sure it's still yes... Never mind that I have never forced myself on anyone.
Has a catholic priest actually ever assaulted a woman?
Or did you mean girls?
Fooling the fools is Trumps main schtick.
It's all he's got, and look at where he is.
What does that say about our country?
A nation full of fools.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Even if Hegseth is not confirmed, it does not seem suspicious to anyone that the orange criminal wants to keep the SOD position empty in a similar way to when he incited the insurrection.
These conservatives have roped Jesus into their negative or hateful situations and it’s extremely disrespectful.
The Crusades, the Inquisition, the colonization of North and South America and Africa, Salem, the slave trade, Jim Crow, the Holocaust -- all the work of Christians who were also bad people. Like Trump.
Many are good. Like everyone else.
Tax em
This!!
🤬
heard of “Ye shall know them by their fruits.”
It's as old as time. It's just that today there's no shame in their game. They don't know who Jesus really us; and He doesn't know them either.
1. Hide behind “God”
2. Hide behind “interpretation” of the constitution
3. Hide behind ignorance
4. Gaslight the other side
5. If all else fails… just be mean
PS - The cat costume is pretty spectacular!
though lots of people from the western countries spell that way unfortunately.
Have a nice day :)
God is looking down now with one eye pouring out tears, while the other is burnt to a crisp.
Criminals hide in the church!!
Of hope! MAGA are the epitome of this method
And look how they talk about him
Resist.
In my experience they use their religion as a type of cloak against having to deal with their terrible behavior. So long as they say “i’m a Christian therefore i’m good”
Then they claim persecution when called on their BS
I really hate them
I'm sick 🤢
For example, how did Jesus deal with the ruling tyrants of his time? Then using that as a guide, figure out WWJD with Republicans.