Morning Joe: 'Retrograde' Hegseth Would Take Military Back To Crusades

Posted • December 17, 2024: Presumably, even Morning Joe's fierce feminist warriors wouldn't have ordered female soldiers to storm the beaches and scale the cliffs of Normandy on D-Day. But that didn't stop today's panel from hammering Pete Hegseth for his views on women in the military. Retired Admiral James Stavridis, Joe Scarborough, and "MSNBC Republican" Elise Jordan misrepresented Hegseth's position. They suggested that he opposes allowing women in the military, full stop. That's entirely false. In his very first statements on the subject as Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Hegseth praised the important role that women play in the military. But Hegseth draws the line at women in direct combat. (…)

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