Doug Pagitt, pastor and executive director of the progressive evangelical organization Vote Common Good, said the ideas in the video are views that “small fringes of Christians keep” and said it was “very disturbing” that Hegseth would amplify them.
Sec. Pete Hegseth reposts video featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote
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He claims that this message worked in 2020 to move Kent County, Michigan (home to the traditionally conservative city of Grand Rapids) from the Trump column to the Biden column.
Dear Christians: Would you really elect a president based only on kindness?
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