Ever since President-elect Donald Trump made the surprising announcement that he intends to nominate veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense, the media has tried to portray him as a troublesome right-wing culture warrior. However, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell took things one step further on Wednesday as she spread straight up fake news about Hegseth.
With the context being that Hegseth has said he opposes putting women in combat roles, Mitchell told Sen. Chris Van Hollen, “Finally, the choice of Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth as the Defense Secretary. He has denounced diversity, equity, and inclusion. He disagrees with women in combat. I don’t know what he would say to Senator Duckworth, you know, and all the other women pilots, some of whom, like Senator Duckworth, you know, were grievously wounded in combat. But…
