"Pete Hegseth calls for ‘educational insurgency’ against American schools"
"Pete Hegseth, the politically inexperienced weekend Fox News host whom Trump has tapped to lead the Pentagon, has been embroiled in scandal over the past week. The controversy has largely centered on reports that Hegseth paid off a woman who accused him of sexual assault, while he claims the encounter was consensual. (NBC obtained a copy of the police report; a spokesperson for Hegseth said, 'The incident was fully investigated and police found the allegation to be false, which is why no charges were filed.' The police did not provide a reason for the decision not to file charges.)
However, Hegseth’s actual politics have gotten far less attention, and in particular his apparent ties to Christian nationalism. That issue came into focus initially because two of Hegseth’s tattoo are associated with far-right extremist groups (Hegseth has said that the accusation is 'anti-Christian bigotry'). Hegseth is doing little to dispel the perception of extremism, as earlier this week he called for an 'educational insurgency' to take over American schools."
~ Ja'han Jones
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