Maddow Blog-Pete Hegseth amplifies pastors with a message: Women shouldn't be allowed to vote

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The Pentagon chief already had a reputation as a far-right culture warrior. Then he promoted a video featuring pastors opposed to women voting.

Among the problems with Hegseth amplifying a video featuring Christian nationalists saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote:

The Pentagon made no real effort to distance Hegseth from the ridiculous content. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-11T18:28:16.145Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pete-hegseth-amplifies-pastors-message-women-shouldnt-allowed-vote-rcna224242

But that’s not all he’s doing. Late last week, Hegseth also used his social media account to amplify a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote. The Associated Press reported:

In the post, Hegseth commented on an almost seven-minute-long report by CNN examining Doug Wilson, cofounder of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, or CREC. The report featured a pastor from Wilson’s church advocating the repeal of women’s right to vote from the Constitution, and another pastor saying that in his ideal world, people would vote as households. It also featured a female congregant saying that she submits to her husband.

While it’s important to emphasize that Hegseth didn’t explicitly endorse the idea of repealing voting rights for American women, he nevertheless thought it’d be a good idea to promote the video, alongside his own written message that read, “All of Christ for All of Life.”

Pete Hegseth shares video that says women should submit to their husbands and shouldn’t be able to vote or serve in combat:

“He is the head of our household and I do submit to him.”

— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) 2025-08-08T17:45:27.215Z

What’s more, the secretary’s office didn’t make much of an effort to distance himself from the video Hegseth amplified. A Pentagon spokesperson told the AP that Hegseth is “a proud member of a church” that is affiliated with CREC and he “very much appreciates many of Mr. Wilson’s writings and teachings.”

Hegseth has also spent months purging several women from leadership posts within the U.S. armed forces.

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1. Steve Benen update

Among the problems with Hegseth amplifying a video featuring Christian nationalists saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote:

The Pentagon made no real effort to distance Hegseth from the ridiculous content. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-08-11T18:28:16.145Z

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2. Joyce Vance- Hegseth, seems interested in making women 2nd class citizens.

1/Trump’s Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, seems interested in making women 2nd class citizens. A tweet he posted late last week isn’t getting nearly enough attention. In any other administration, there would have been swift calls for his resignation. Here, mostly crickets.

— Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) 2025-08-11T20:14:13.992Z

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3. Ok, I'll bite.. Why don't they want women to vote? The only reason I can think of is, they perceive women vote democrat.

If not guided by a "strong MAN"...

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4. Kick