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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Thank you for the article, Mary. No religion should be in our government. Religion is a personal choice. As I have said many times, Hegseth should be impeached.

Patricia Rahikainen (Pat R)'s avatar

You're sort of being kinder to him than he deserves.

L. Hughes's avatar

Freedom of religion is what our country was founded on. Hegseth is the embodiment of idiocy, ignorance, illiteracy, a rabid frat-boy DRUNK....nothing Christian about the man...a farce, embarrassment and DISGRACE to our military and nation.

CK's avatar

And he wears his suits too small so that (he thinks) his body looks mean and lean. He’s an embarrassment to this country’s military … once the best and the proudest in the world. Now, so unfortunately, run by an incompetent buffoon.

teri Reeder's avatar

He is deranged, unfit for any office and extremely dangerous like so many of the corrupt current Republicans in office. They are why there is ICE, why citizens are being attacked and jailed and deported and separated from their children.

People of the not United States of America we must take action now against all these lies and the corruption involved in them!

Susan Rice's avatar

How??? How do we do that?? Call, email, our reps?? Voting? That’s not working. Protests. Are ignored or protestors are attacked. Even in VT peaceful religious leader protestors sat in front of the Williston ICE facility (it literally finds people to detain remotely) and were removed and jailed and charged with FELONIES!! By our own AG!!!! If we can’t change what’s happening in VT how can we in DC???????

Michele McGurrin's avatar

This whole administration is so embarrassing to me!! I don’t know if I can make it two more years 🥹

Penelope Smith's avatar

Same here. Too old for this hair brain nonsense.

Willow Wand Oracle | LBLHPs's avatar

I can't understand why more Americans are not outraged by this extremist view from Hegseth. It's a sickness in the highest levels of our government. It needs to be eradicated like a virus. No time to waste. Get mad and write to your representatives!

Susan Rice's avatar

Writing and calling does NO Good. Protests don’t work. Protestors are attacked and killed. Or jailed on felonies. Follow the news. I think his regime wants us to be an armed populace so they can declare martial law or kill us all

Teresa Carstens Dubb's avatar

Nazi playbook in real time.

Jennifer Vermeulin's avatar

Thank you for this, Mary. To hear him talk, you would think this is The Crusades, one of the bloodiest, suprssive Holy Wars “in the name of God” in our world's history.

Ronnie Fern Liebowitz's avatar

No one in this administration seems to know about the Constitution. Congress and the Courts will have to act to stop this insanity. We need to win all the Midterm elections.

William Fowler's avatar

Dept. Of Religious Affairs should not be under Dept. Of War. Also, what about separation of church and state?

Patricia Rahikainen (Pat R)'s avatar

They don't believe in Separation of Church and State.

Marlow 🇨🇦🍁's avatar

This is so Taliban now very scary!

Patricia Rahikainen (Pat R)'s avatar

Thank you Mary for helping us sort out the chaff from the wheat.

Patricia Rahikainen (Pat R)'s avatar

I hope but if he's taken over and been declared King Donald there won't be much we can do to avoid a Civil War.

Erica Bamford's avatar

For those of us who live in Europe, this is one of the most disturbing developments in the disaster that has been Trump's second term. The pursuit of a new crusade will plunge us all into war encourage the worst of us abd destabilise the best. Sadly i believe the mid terms will either not take place or the results ignored. History shows there tends to be only one solution.

L.D.Michaels's avatar

Hegseth has opened the window to the religious fanaticism that we can expect throughout the Trump adminstration should the Republicans control both Houses of Congress during Trump's last two years in office. All guardrails and restrictions will be off. We can expect this religious fervor to explode among the fanatical zealots and their billionnaire backers who have kept a relatively low profile during Trump's first two years but whom Trump will let loose to drive the saturation of our culture in their image. We can expect the second coming of Savonarola.

Paula T.'s avatar

Kegsbreath and his orange messiah are very dangerous because they want to annihilate Iran with a "nuke." A nuclear bomb will be catastrophic for the whole world. Impeach now!!!!!