Sen. Gillibrand Melts Down During Pete Hegseth Hearing

GILLIBRAND: “So women you have denigrated. You have also denigrated members of the LGBTQ community. Did you know that when ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was in in place, we lost so many crucial personel, over a thousand, in mission-critical areas. We lost 10 percent of all our foreign language speakers because of a political policy. You said in your statement you don’t want politics in the DOD. Everything you’ve said in these public statements is politics. ‘I don’t want women, I don’t want moms.’ What’s wrong with a mom, by the way? Once you have babies, you therefore are no longer able to be lethal? I mean, you’re basically saying women, after they have children, can’t ever serve in the military to combat role. It’s a silly thing to say. It’s a silly thing to say, beneath the position that you are aspiring to. To denigrate LGBTQ service members is a mistake. If you are a sharpshooter, you are as lethal regardless of what your gender identity is, regardless of who you love. So please know this to be a true statement.”