While Advocation for Women to Serve in Combat, Senator Gillibrand MELTSDOWN During Hegseth Hearing (Video)

 

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Image: Video screenshot.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) had a complete meltdown during the Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.

Gillibrand, rather than addressing Hegseth’s exemplary qualifications, instead went on a virtual signaling tirade during which distorted his common sense position on women in combat.

Gillibrand screeched, “So women, you have denigrated. You have also denigrated members of the LGBTQ community. Did you know that when ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ was in place, we lost so many crucial personnel, over a thousand in mission critical areas. We lost 10% of all our foreign language speakers because of a political policy.”

“You said in your statement, you don’t want politics in the DOD. Everything you’ve said in these public statements is politics. ‘I don’t want women, I don’t want moms.'”

“What’s wrong with a mom, by the way? Once you have babies, you, therefore, are no longer able to be lethal?”

“I mean, you’re basically saying women, after they have children, can’t ever serve in the military in a combat role. It’s a silly thing to say. It’s a silly thing to say beneath the position that you are aspiring to. To denigrate LGBTQ service members is a mistake. If you are a sharpshooter, you’re as lethal, regardless of what your gender identity is, regardless of who you love. So please know this to be a true statement.”

Why does Gillibrand so desperately want mothers of small children to be put in harm’s way?

And does a woman breaking down into an emotional mess while sitting in the safety and comfort of a Senate hearing really help advance the cause of putting women into combat?

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To be clear, Hegseth’s position about women in combat underscores that they need to perform at the same standards as men for the safety of everyone.

Hegseth told the committee, “In those ground combat roles, what is true is the weight on your back doesn‘t change.”

“The weight of the bravo machine gun you might have to carry does not change. Whether it is a man or woman, they have to meet the same high standards. In any place where those things have been eroded or course criteria have been changed in order to meet quotas, racial quotas or gender quotas, that is putting a focus on something other than readiness standards, meritocracy, lethality.”

“That is the kind of review I am talking about.”

Hegseth says women in combat need to perform at the same standards as men.

Anyone who opposes this opposes the safety of America. pic.twitter.com/fe80tmgXTI

— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) January 14, 2025