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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,630 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:44 PM 22 hrs ago

Kash Patel's girlfriend picked to sing National Anthem before Pete Hegseth's anti-abortion anti trans rant

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-girlfriend-national-anthem-pete-hegseth-b2924646.html




Kash Patel’s girlfriend picked to sing National Anthem before Pete Hegseth’s anti-abortion address
‘We are not ‘In woke we trust,’ we are ‘In God we trust,’’ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during the event


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Back at the NRB conference, Wilkins wasn't the only one who performed. Joining her was the 101st Airborne Division's color guard, which was forced to attend the event and watch Hegseth deliver his remarks to the National Religious Broadcasters group.

Tickets for the event ran between $300 and $750, according to the Daily Beast.

Those willing to shell out hundreds of dollars were allowed to see Hegseth rant about how half the country is "godless" and run through anti-abortion and anti-trans talking points.

“Gone is godless and divisive DEI, gone is gender-bending equity and quotas, gone is climate change worship to a false god,” he said. “We are one military, one fighting force, one nation under God. We are not ‘In woke we trust,” we are ‘In God we trust.’”

He hit on abortion during the speech, claiming that “protecting the life of an unborn baby is not political, it’s biblical,” and adding that Trump is “working every day to end taxpayer support of abortion” and to end “abortion for illegal immigrants at Veterans’ Affairs hospitals and service member abortion-related travel expenses at the War Department.”
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Kash Patel's girlfriend picked to sing National Anthem before Pete Hegseth's anti-abortion anti trans rant (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 22 hrs ago OP
What does Hagseth's military responsibilities have to do with abortion, which by the way is political not biblical Deuxcents 22 hrs ago #1
Well ....there is a (very thin) tie-in RandomNumbers 10 hrs ago #9
Still going on about woke, good lord are they twelve years old? So sick. Blues Heron 22 hrs ago #2
He sounds drunk -- has anyone given him a breathalyzer test? Blue Owl 20 hrs ago #3
He is one sick fuck. Borogove 12 hrs ago #4
Bible doesn't say shit about abortion. intheflow 12 hrs ago #5
Patel's girlfriend obviously has talent Danascot 11 hrs ago #6
Jesus was woke AF GenThePerservering 10 hrs ago #7
And hey Pete, we are not in Fox we trust! Initech 10 hrs ago #8

Deuxcents

(26,275 posts)
1. What does Hagseth's military responsibilities have to do with abortion, which by the way is political not biblical
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:55 PM
22 hrs ago

The Bible doesn’t mention anything about that but politics have everything to do with the issue. What a messed up 💩show they’re running

RandomNumbers

(19,104 posts)
9. Well ....there is a (very thin) tie-in
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 12:06 PM
10 hrs ago

Not sure if it is even true any more, and I don't recall the details, but in the past - if I recall correctly - female military on active duty who got pregnant, had the full range of medical options. Meaning the military paid for abortion care in some cases. While I disagree FULLY with the so-called "biblical" (it's not) anti-abortion stance, and the ridiculous focus some so-called Christians put on judging and controlling people on THIS issue above so-many-more issues where Christ was QUITE clear - the fact that military health care funding could be used for abortion care is obviously waving a red flag in front of the "christian" nationalist bull.

intheflow

(30,108 posts)
5. Bible doesn't say shit about abortion.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:55 AM
12 hrs ago

The only thing it definitively says is that life begins at first breath. Which is certainly not how a fetus grows. I wish the people who love quoting the Bible actually read the Bible, instead of believing everything their pastor tells them.

GenThePerservering

(3,178 posts)
7. Jesus was woke AF
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:39 AM
10 hrs ago

The founding fathers were damned woke for their era, and you don't know 'God', you puny-assed, drunken impotent ape.

Initech

(108,243 posts)
8. And hey Pete, we are not in Fox we trust!
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:41 AM
10 hrs ago

Go shove your fake Christian cult bullshit up your ass!

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