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Freshman GOP senator sets social media ablaze with ‘best’ response to Hegseth’s answer on gender question
Conservatives erupted Tuesday on social media following an exchange between Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth and Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., regarding gender identity.
“How many genders are there?” the freshman Montana senator asked Hegseth on Tuesday. “Tough one.”
Hegseth responded, “Senator, there are two genders.”
“I know that well, I’m a Sheehy, so I’m on board,” Sheehy responded, referencing the “she” and “he” that make up his last name.
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President-elect Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, left, and Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont.
After Hegseth laughed at the senator’s joke, Sheehy then went on to ask Hegseth, a fellow combat veteran, the diameter of a round fired out of a M4A1 rifle and how many pushups he could do.
The line of questioning, particularly the exchange on gender which Sheehy on the campaign trail, immediately drew a response from conservatives.
“Right on,” Rep Darrell Issa, R-Calif.,
Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
“QUESTION OF THE DAY,” conservative influencer Benny Johnson
“Legitimately the best joke every [ever] told in Congress,” conservative commentator Ian Haworth
“BEST EVER!” radio host Steve Gruber
“Well, it looks like the new senator from Montana is a huge upgrade,” RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway in reference to former Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, whom Sheehy defeated in November.
Then-Senate candidate from Montana Tim Sheehy speaks during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024.
“Montana knew what they were doing when they put @TimSheehyMT in the Senate,” conservative commentator and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines
“A-freakin’-MEN!” Wendy Rogers, Republican state senator from Arizona,
Sheehy told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night that Hegseth is going to do a “great job” and “we support him.”
“That’s why my questions were directed the way they were,” Sheehy said. ” I wanted to remind people what this job is really about and it’s supporting the war fighter and protecting America.”
Original article source: Freshman GOP senator sets social media ablaze with ‘best’ response to Hegseth’s answer on gender question
Freshman GOP senator, who has been making waves in the political world, recently set social media ablaze with what many are calling the “best” response to a question about gender posed by Fox News host Pete Hegseth.
During an interview, Hegseth asked the senator about their thoughts on the concept of gender and whether they believed there were more than two genders. The senator’s response was simple yet powerful: “I believe in the science that tells us there are two biological sexes, male and female. Gender is a social construct that can vary from culture to culture, but at the end of the day, biology is biology.”
The senator’s response quickly went viral on social media, with many praising them for their clear and concise answer to a controversial question. Some even called it the “best” response they had ever heard on the topic of gender.
This senator’s willingness to speak truthfully and boldly on important issues has garnered them a growing fanbase and respect from both sides of the political aisle. It will be interesting to see how their career progresses in the coming years as they continue to make headlines for their principled stances and common-sense approach to governance.
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