“'But even more worrisome is his infusion of his Christian beliefs as the basis for our war in Iran,' Beirich added. 'Our national security should not be based on fanatical holy war fantasies, but that is what Hegseth, and by extension Trump, have wrought.'”

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/3

"'Their anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs and extremist views about women should give anyone pause, as well as his "biblical" attacks on journalists, especially when Hegseth is sharing them with our soldiers and blasting away at the separation of church and state.'"

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/2

"It didn’t hedge. It didn’t dance. It didn’t translate hard truths into palatable euphemisms. It simply said: this is what this is.

And in doing so, it exposed how much of modern political discourse depends on not saying the obvious."

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/3

"Don’t say white supremacy—say racial tension.
Don’t say Christian nationalism—say religious conservatism.
Don’t say propaganda—say messaging.

But language shapes reality. And when you refuse to name something directly, you don’t neutralize it—you protect it.

What made this moment resonate is that it broke that pattern."

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/2

"As a person who is a practicing Muslim and went to a Jesuit Catholic High school, I also think it’s because many Democrats and progressives have ceded religion to the right-wing, which has used and abused the Bible, religious values, and prophets to advance white supremacy, greed, and misogyny."

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/22

"I believe it’s because we rarely see corporate media aggressively and calmly confronting these charlatans to their face for fear of being seen as biased. There’s also a double standard and a sliding curve that gives MAGA grace — just look at the career of Scott Jennings on CNN."

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/21

Wajahat Ali and Mary Trump discuss "why this clip [in which Ali and Tim Miller confront Hegseth's mentor Pastor Douglas Wilson], in particular, touched a nerve and resonated with people."

~ Wajahat Ali

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/20

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-to-confront-maga-bigots-and-christian