Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, fired back at a hit piece in the Associated Press that attacked him for a religious tattoo he has.
The report said that Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member because of the tattoo, which they claimed was linked to white supremacy.
Retired Master Sgt. DeRicko Gaither told the AP that he received an email from a former National Guard member that included a photo of Hegseth’s tattoos.
The report said:
Gaither told AP he researched the tattoos — including one of a Jerusalem Cross and the context of the words “Deus Vult,” Latin for “God wills it,” on his bicep — and determined they had sufficient connection to extremist groups to elevate the email to his commanding officers.
The person who saw the photos of Hegseth and…
