Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood by lambasting the media and others as “Pharisees” when confronted by Senator Jacky Rosen about his use of the term, even after she warned that it has been weaponized against Jewish people.
Rosen, who is Jewish, brought up the Pentagon chief’s repeated use of the word to attack Trump critics during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“You compared journalists, you compared us, you compare so many to Pharisees. Pharisees. It’s a problematic and historically weaponized term that casts Jewish communities as hypocritical or morally corrupt. You’ve doubled down again and said it,” Rosen said. “How do you justify using this language as Secretary of Defense? Words matter. It’s a historically hurtful term.”
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