Things got very spicy in DC when far-left Senator Jack Reed went on the attack against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during a hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee, with the senator demanding Hegseth back off his publicly pro-Christianity attitude and policies. Particularly, Sen. Reed seemed concerned that such practices are “discriminatory”.
Hegseth got fired up and responded to fury with the Rhode Island senator’s accusations and insinuations, noting how absurd it all is and totally sounding off on the senator for the sort of anti-Christian smears he seemed to be pushing through the hearing and his questioning in it.
At one point, for example, Sen. Reed claimed that Hegseth is purging the military of officers who are not white men, an absolutely ridiculous claim. He said, “I think that direction from your behavior is an intense interest in Christianity, in nationalism, and in not recognizing the talents of women and non-white gentlemen. And that’s the wrong direction.”
Things heated up from there, with Secretary Hegseth snapping back that he would not apologize for his faith in Jesus Christ just because it makes leftist hacks like the senator upset or uncomfortable. He said, “I don’t know what you’re insinuating, senator, but I am not ashamed of my faith in Jesus Christ.”
Reed started to interject, saying, “Well, you shouldn’t be ashamed.” But Hegseth kept going and further snapped at him, “If you want to shame me for it, go ahead.” Sen. Reed replied by keeping up the woke questioning, pressing him and asking, “I’m not shaming you, but are you critical of other faiths?”
Hegseth shot back, “I am a believer; I’m quite open in that.” He continued, “And our department allows for a multitude of faiths. So I don’t know what you’re suggesting. I’ve heard the likes of things that people like you suggest to try to smear my character, and I won’t give in to it.”
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The hearing coincided with the Trump DOJ releasing a report in which it exposed how much the Biden Administration discriminated against faithful Christians. “The Biden Administration’s policies regularly clashed with a Christian worldview and burdened traditional religious practices. These conflicts frequently arose over abortion, gender ideology, and sexual orientation. Ultimately, the Biden Administration penalized Christians who lived in accordance with their beliefs,” the report noted.
Describing what such anti-Christian bias looked like, in terms of policies, it then went on to note, for example, “The Biden DOJ pursued aggressive prosecutions against non-violent, prolife, Christian demonstrators under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act but responded less aggressively to violent attacks against pregnancy resource centers” and “The Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated, monitored, tracked, and scrutinized traditional Catholics who had engaged in no criminal misconduct.”
It also found, “The Biden Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigated churches because of what their pastors preached and Christian organizations because they applied biblical teachings to daily life” and “The Biden Health and Human Services (HHS) and DOJ scaled back ongoing enforcement efforts to vindicate conscience rights, withdrawing a notice of violation against the University of Vermont Medical Center after it coerced a Christian nurse into participating in an abortion despite her religious objections.”