Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has lashed back at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for calling him one of the “Dumb Effing indviduals” and “DEI hires.” The Democrat was ranting about the military banning certain books leaning toward the critical race theory (CRT), white guilt, and slavery.
Various Trump executive orders aimed to end radical ideology from the military, including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and mandated the banishment of critical race theory content.
“By March 5, 2025, all Components must remove and archive DoD news articles, photos, and videos promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), including content related to critical race theory, gender ideology, and identity-based programs,” Hegseth said in a memo.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell also stated that “All service academies are fully committed to executing and implementing President Trump’s Executive Orders.”
Consequently, over 400 books were removed from the military, which angered Democrats, including Jeffries, prompting him to take to social media and accuse Hegseth for allegedly attempting to rewrite and “whitewash” “our history.”
“These DEI hires in the Trump Administration, like Pete Hegseth, the so-called Secretary of Defense — dumb effing individuals — continue to try to test our resolve and cancel our history,” he said.
“The latest is a book ban at the Naval Academy that removes works, including those about slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and the Holocaust — at the same time, keeping books written by Adolf Hitler.”
He also accused “these extremists” for thinking that “racist Nazi ideology and white supremacy is okay” and vowed to continue fighting attempts ot “whitewash our history.” Jeffries also accused Trump officials of trying to cancel Harriet Tubman and the Tuskegee Airmen.
“We’re going to keep the pressure on until this book ban is reversed and Pete Hegseth is fired,” he warned.
Appearing on Fox News, Secretary of Defense Hegseth hit back at the unhinged Democrat for defending the radical racial discriminatory policy. Despite the Democrats’ antics, Hegseth also promised to remain focused on prioritizing the interests of the United States.
“That’s how far they have fallen. It’s astonishing, not surprising,” Hegseth told Fox News.
“Of course, they don’t like the fact that we’re ripping DEI out of the military and making it colorblind and merit-based.”
“If their whole strategy is … to call us names while we secure the southern border, kick out Chinese influence, revive the warrior culture inside our military, that’s why they lost in a historic fashion to President Trump last time, and their future looks bleak as well.”
Ironically, Jeffries dismissed Hegseth as a DEI hire, underscoring his lack of respect for individuals hired through the program, accidentally saying the quiet part out loud. Yet, he still advocates for the military to continue the policy, demonstrating how detached from reason the Democrats are.
He also seemed to fight against anti-Semitism when Democrats have been fighting the Trump administration for attempting to remove individuals involved in anti-semitic activities from the United States.
While Jeffries claims that some Holocaust books were removed, there were reports of “hostile compliance,” where some radical left federal employees “accidentally” removed materials that were not supposed to be removed to disgrace the Trump administration.
