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J.D. Vance Slams the AP for “Insider Threat” Hit Piece on Pete Hegseth Over Christianity-Themed Tattoos



by Kristinn Taylor Nov. 15, 2024 7:40 pm361 Comments


Vice President-Elect Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) slammed the Associated Press on Friday for a hit piece against President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, that dubbed him an alleged “Insider Threat” over his Christianity-themed tattoos. The best selling author and Fox News host Hegseth, 44, is a nearly 20-year Army National Guard officer who fought in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, rising to the rank of Major while earning two Bronze Stars. Vance, 40, is a Marine veteran of the Iraq war.

The AP tried to smear Hegseth as a possible white supremacist in an article about how he was barred from National Guard service during Joe Biden’s inaugural in January 2021 after he was reported by a fellow service member for having alleged extremist tattoos: One of a Jerusalem Cross and another that says, “Deus Vult,” (God wills it.) At the time, the anti-Trump Pentagon was starting to root out conservatives from the service in the wake of the January 6 riot at the Capitol by labeling them “Insider Threats.”







The AP’s Pentagon reporter Tara Copp posted her article to X with the caption, “Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacists.”





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Earlier today, we told you how a guest on Chris Hayes' MSNBC show smeared incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, calling him a 'known white supremacist.'

Funny how Hegseth has worked for Fox News for a decade and was never accused of being a white supremacist until this week, when Donald Trump nominated him to be the Secretary of Defense.

Hegseth, like this writer, has multiple tattoos. One of hers features a sword (gasp!) and another says 'Keep the faith', so clearly she's disqualified from holding a cabinet position. Oh, and another one features birds and we know birds are racist now, too.

One of Hegseth's tattoos is a Jerusalem Cross -- something this writer has hanging in her home -- and the words 'Deus Vult' and it's apparently a big symbol of white supremacy, too, according to the Associated Press:


The AP writes:

Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups.
Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed against the Pentagon’s subsequent efforts to address extremism in the ranks, has said he was pulled by his District of Columbia National Guard unit from guarding Joe Biden’s January 2021 inauguration. He’s said he was unfairly identified as an extremist due to a cross tattoo on his chest.
This week, however, a fellow Guard member who was the unit’s security manager and on an anti-terrorism team at the time, shared with The Associated Press an email he sent to the unit’s leadership flagging a different tattoo reading “Deus Vult” that’s been used by white supremacists, concerned it was an indication of an “Insider Threat.”




 

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Apparently, what set off Ifill and those of her progressive ilk was that Hegseth, a veteran and well-known veterans advocate, wrote in his book that he doesn't support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies in the military.

Ifill's conduct during the interview was so outrageous, an unlikely voice has now spoken out—a former Biden WH aide, Michael LaRosa, who was First Lady Jill Biden's press secretary. On his X account, he unleashed a dire warning to Democrats and the legacy media about the insanity of continuing to use invective and bombastic character assassination against the other side of the aisle, as a crutch for failing to offer a legitimate agenda Americans can rally around.

It's somewhat lengthy but worth reading in full. He said:

Warning: coarse language

This s**t has to stop. Opposing DEI initiatives does not make you a white supremacist. Conversations and demonization like this are a big part of the reason we got our a**es kicked.
The answer to extremism is not more extremism. Voices like this on the left are turning the Democratic Party into a joke. We've got to knock it off and get serious guests who are going to diagnose politics, not make it worse. Name calling, vilifying, and defaming nominees you oppose, even if there is very good reason to oppose them, represents everything the Democratic Party should be RUNNING away from.
Let's fight back with a strategy and tactics .... not pointless, defamatory, and juvenile invective. We need to get serious people opining about policy and politics, not one-upping each other or competing for who can make the most provocative insult about a Trump nominee you oppose.

This is especially timely advice, considering the fact that the congressional nomination hearings for Trump's picks are rushing towards us early in the new year. But while LaRosa's diagnosis of the problem and prescription of the solution are not wrong, the chances of any of this being picked up and implemented by the machinery running the Democrat Party and its hangers-on in the legacy media are slim to none--and slim just left the building.




 

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CNN Hack Loses His Cool When He Picks a Fight With Scott Jennings

GEOFF DUNCAN: “Scott, can you tell me what his [Trump's] economic plan is to lower inflation in less than 10 seconds?”

SCOTT JENNINGS: “Yeah. Extend the tax cuts, fight for American workers, get the immigration system under control, stop spending out of control out of the federal budget. Also, unleash American energy to drive down energy prices.”

GOEFF DUNCAN: “Not increase the economy, but lower inflation. Intellectually honest answers. Don’t spend $8 trillion you don’t have.”

SCOTT JENNINGS: “I know you got your stump you love to polish. It’s over. The campaign was like weeks ago.”

Nice try, Geoff. @ScottJenningsKy destroyed you.

For the record, Geoff Duncan claims to be a Republican, but he endorsed Kamala Harris for president. That should tell you everything you need to know about him.
 
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