By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-13 22:58:29 | Updated at 2024-11-21 13:03:01
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Knocking Hegseth SecDef Nomination, Morning Joe Misleads on Female Fitness
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 11/13/2024 2:44:29 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Attempting to undercut President-elect Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Wednesday's Morning Joe misled on the key issue of the physical fitness of female soldiers.
After playing a clip of Hegseth expressing his opposition to women in combat, and proposing that the military adopt the same gender-neutral fitness standards that were in place in 1995, the show brought on NBC national security editor David Rohde, who said:
I think clips like the one you played will raise major issues. There are women in combat. And women who engage in ground combat have to take physical tests. Can they pick up and carry another soldier who is wounded is one of them.
Rohde's statement implied that female soldiers would be capable to "pick up and carry" a wounded soldier just like a male soldier can. That's not true.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: morningjoe; peterhegseth; trumpappointments
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Question for Joe Scarborough: If one day you were wounded on the mean streets of Nantucket, who would you want carrying your 6’4” frame to safety? A burly man, or a weaker, slower woman?
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2 posted on 11/13/2024 2:45:35 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Women simply do not belong in combat. Never have, never will.
Pete’s merely stating the truth.
3 posted on 11/13/2024 2:47:46 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Moron Joe didn’t even know butter cost $7/lb in his city. Typical elite ... their seat is so high they can barely see the poor huddle masses below trying to eke out a living.
4 posted on 11/13/2024 2:49:37 PM PST by antidemoncrat ( )
To: governsleastgovernsbest
5 posted on 11/13/2024 2:50:47 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
To: absalom01
Darn right!
And, I am a woman!
6 posted on 11/13/2024 2:50:47 PM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! Thereon)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
If Austin can do the job, ANYBODY CAN DO IT. It’s like being the VP of the Bidenskyyyyyyy regime. Miss Coconut 1962 was able to survive the VP job for four years.
7 posted on 11/13/2024 2:52:38 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Jamaicans Haitians and Indians used to run motels and 7-11s. Now,they run Congress and the judiciary)
To: milagro
AMEN!! ME TOO!! NEVER on the BATTLEFIELD!!
8 posted on 11/13/2024 2:53:09 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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