I listened to the entire 4 hours. If anyone bowed out early (put off by the Lord and Savior stuff), then you may have missed Pete thanking “Jesus and Jenny” for saving him and putting him on the path to righteousness. You also missed various Republican Senators testifying to their own faith in Jesus and thanking their Savior for letting …
I listened to the entire 4 hours. If anyone bowed out early (put off by the Lord and Savior stuff), then you may have missed Pete thanking “Jesus and Jenny” for saving him and putting him on the path to righteousness. You also missed various Republican Senators testifying to their own faith in Jesus and thanking their Savior for letting Trump win the election so that he can save the country from the forces of evil…and other religious crap. I mean it just went on and on and on. Hegseth’s testimony was 50% on topic and 50% praising Jesus and Donald Trump. If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now, that the Trump GOP wants the United States to be a Christian theocracy. This hearing was scary way beyond just the nomination of Pete Hegseth.
Side note: this is only the second time that I watched and listened to an entire Senate confirmation hearing. The other one was Bret Kavanaugh. If memory serves, which is always doubtful, I don’t remember Kavanaugh talking about Jesus, or mentioning Christ, or using the words Lord and Savior, or in fact, any religious references. Nor do I remember Kavanaugh mentioning the name of Donald Trump, or President Trump, or claiming as Hegseth did that he was qualified for the position because Trump nominated him. Hegseth literally said at one point that the proof that he was qualified to manage the DOD was that Trump nominated him to manage the DOD. Hegseth said Trump was the greatest CEO that ever was, so the committee should accept the fact that Trump thought Hegseth was qualified as sufficient and quit asking questions. Say what you will about Kavanaugh, that was a serious hearing, seriously conducted. What I watched this morning was a joke. And not a funny one.
I listened to the entire 4 hours. If anyone bowed out early (put off by the Lord and Savior stuff), then you may have missed Pete thanking “Jesus and Jenny” for saving him and putting him on the path to righteousness. You also missed various Republican Senators testifying to their own faith in Jesus and thanking their Savior for letting Trump win the election so that he can save the country from the forces of evil…and other religious crap. I mean it just went on and on and on. Hegseth’s testimony was 50% on topic and 50% praising Jesus and Donald Trump. If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now, that the Trump GOP wants the United States to be a Christian theocracy. This hearing was scary way beyond just the nomination of Pete Hegseth.
Side note: this is only the second time that I watched and listened to an entire Senate confirmation hearing. The other one was Bret Kavanaugh. If memory serves, which is always doubtful, I don’t remember Kavanaugh talking about Jesus, or mentioning Christ, or using the words Lord and Savior, or in fact, any religious references. Nor do I remember Kavanaugh mentioning the name of Donald Trump, or President Trump, or claiming as Hegseth did that he was qualified for the position because Trump nominated him. Hegseth literally said at one point that the proof that he was qualified to manage the DOD was that Trump nominated him to manage the DOD. Hegseth said Trump was the greatest CEO that ever was, so the committee should accept the fact that Trump thought Hegseth was qualified as sufficient and quit asking questions. Say what you will about Kavanaugh, that was a serious hearing, seriously conducted. What I watched this morning was a joke. And not a funny one.