Elizabeth Warren Accuses Pete Hegseth of “Right-Wing Extremism” Over Christian Tattoo

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Apparently, expressing your faith through tattoos is ‘extremist’ these days — at least according to Elizabeth Warren.

In a letter penned to Secretary of Defense nominee and Army veteran Pete Hegseth, Elizabeth Warren took issue with his tattoos.

Namely, one that read Deus Vult, which is Latin for ‘God’s will.’

According to Elizabeth Warren, this is “a Christian expression associated with right-wing extremism.”

Read for yourself:

Here’s more of the letter Warren wrote to Hegseth:

For reference, here’s a photo of the tattoo Elizabeth Warren was referring to:

In the letter, Elizabeth Warren also expressed fear that Pete Hegseth would abolish DEI policies:

 

More from The New York Post:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren strongly suggested that there are concerns that Army veteran Pete Hegseth could be an “insider threat” due to his Christian tattoo and seethed over his crusade against woke military policies in a blistering missive to the defense secretary designee.

While outlining over 70 questions to Hegseth and giving him four days to reply, Warren made clear that she sees him as “unfit” to helm the Pentagon and teased a fiery showdown when he appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee next week.

“I am deeply concerned by the many ways in which your behavior and rhetoric indicates that you are unfit to lead the Department of Defense,” Warren, 75, wrote in the 33-page letter to Hegseth sent late Monday.

“Your confirmation as Secretary of Defense would be detrimental to our national security and disrespect a diverse array of servicemembers who are willing to sacrifice for our country.”

Strikingly, the Massachusetts Democrat latched onto dubious concerns about a Deus Vult tattoo on Hegseth’s bicep, a Latin phrase that translates to “God wills it.”

Warren pointed to a Reuters article recounting how a National Guard master sergeant believed the former Fox News host could be an “insider threat.” That master sergeant had done a quick internet search and determined that the tattoo had links to right-wing extremism and had been a battle cry for the Crusaders.

National Guard leadership then pushed Hegseth out from serving during President Biden’s inauguration day. Notably, top brass had been on high alert at the time in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Despite religious scholars later countering that the Deus Vult is often considered a common Christian symbol, Warren contended that the fact that his superiors were concerned about the tattoo raises questions about whether he could be the Pentagon chief.

“You were also removed from President Biden’s inauguration because of concerns that you were an insider threat after reports that your ‘Deus Vult’ tattoo ‘was a Christian expression associated with right-wing extremism,’” she wrote to Hegseth.

Whether you like tattoos or not, they are pretty frequent among members of the U.S. Army, like Pete Hegseth.

To label his an ‘extremist’ over this is a huge stretch…

Almost as big of a stretch as Elizabeth Warren’s supposed Native American ancestry.



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