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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

Pundits rip Pete Hegseth after his own mom calls him ‘an abuser of women’ then tries to take it back

Pundits rip Pete Hegseth after his own mom calls him “an abuser of women” in a 2018 email. His mom has now walked back those comments and backed her son as he looks to be confirmed as Defense Secretary - (REUTERS)

Pete Hegseth, the man tapped by Donald Trump to become Defense Secretary, has come under fire from Democrats and other liberal pundits after he was branded as an “abuser of women” by his own mother.

A report from The New York Times featured a 2018 email to the former Fox News anchor from Penelope Hegseth, where she said she had “no respect” for her son and that he needed “take an honest look at yourself.”

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