A Warrior Fights On

Pete Hegseth has an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal rebuking the anonymous allegations against him in that same paper. Here’s a brief excerpt:

“The press is peddling anonymous story after anonymous story, all meant to smear me and tear me down. It’s a textbook manufactured media takedown. They provide no evidence [and] no names . . . They need to create a bogeyman, because they believe I threaten their institutional insanity. That is the only thing they are right about.”

Hegseth also wrote this:

“I’ve been through a lot: combat tours, job changes, divorces and family challenges. . . Tragically, many veterans never find the purpose for their next chapter and succumb to the bottle, depression or, worst of all, suicide.

“I understand what they are facing -- because I’ve lived it. But by the grace of God, I took another path. My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has renewed and restored my life. I am saved by His grace.”

The anonymous smears against Hegseth would not be permitted in a court of law and should not be permitted in a Senate confirmation hearing.