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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Oliver O'Connell

Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth threatens ‘educational insurgency’ in schools

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of defense, has called for an “educational insurgency” to take over American schools in an appearance on a right-wing podcast.

During a CrossPolitic discussion about religiously affiliated schools, Hegseth explained his idea for a system of “classical Christian schools” to provide “recruits” for an underground army that could eventually launch an “educational insurgency”.

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