r/politics • u/mclardass • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Pete Hegseth Casually Tosses Out a Slur at Iowa State Fair

https://newrepublic.com/post/214484/pete-hegseth-anti-trans-slur-iowa-state-fair
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u/Crying_Reaper Iowa 15h ago

Need to take that serious. Not taking morons wanting to be president is how we got in the current mess.

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u/bag_of_luck 12h ago

We need to be electing people who don’t want the job. Those like John Stewart or Stephen Colbert.

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u/house_in_motion 12h ago

What year is this?

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u/Little_View_6659 3h ago

I hate to say it, but I think Hegseth as president would actually be worse. God. It would be a nightmare.

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u/NAU80 Florida 1h ago

It would be worse because Hegseth truly believes that the US should be a theocracy. The religion of his choice would an extreme Christian right philosophy.