Pete Hegseth Leaves Critics Stunned With a Flawless Response on Politics in the Military

Pete Hegseth Leaves Critics Stunned With a Flawless Response on Politics in the Military

“As far as politics, Senator, it has been the joy of my life to lead men and women in military outfits. When you’re in combat or in training, there’s a lot of conversations that happen, and you start to realize that a lot of people you’re serving with share your political ideals, or they don’t.

“You find out there’s Republicans, there’s Democrats, there’s libertarians, there’s independents, there’s vegetarians, everything in between. None of that matters. It never mattered in how I led men and women, how I interacted with them, what missions we undertook.

“Politics has nothing to do with the battlefield, which is why President Trump has asked me to say, let’s make sure all of that comes out. This is about war, fighting capability, setting standards high, and making sure we give our boys, our men and women, everything they need to be successful on the battlefield.

“So politics can play no part in that. And I look forward to infusing that as we always have inside our units.”