Two thoughts: First, his cadence and speaking style are absolutely the same as those of the typical evangelical mega-church pastor. It is uncanny. Second, how gross is it to go white nationalist in a D-Day speech?
Hegseth uses his D-Day anniversary speech in Franch to take veiled shots at NATO and European immigration policies
Via NR’s The Corner: President Trump Endorses Cops Using the Punisher Logo. Nothing disturbing about this iconography, now is there? Who could possibly object to the usage of a symbol associated with vigilante violence, including extrajudicial murder, especially when it is personalized to be associated with the sitting president?
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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