{"id":922,"date":"2026-06-07T16:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:39:57","slug":"republican-turns-on-pentagon-pete-over-vile-d-day-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=922","title":{"rendered":"Republican Turns on Pentagon Pete Over Vile D-Day Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has come under fire from within his own party for his decision to link a D-Day commemoration to anti-immigration politics.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=920\">Republican Twists Knife as Trump\u2019s Scheme Falls Apart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an American military cemetery in France on Saturday, Hegseth, 46, marked the 82nd anniversary by stating: \u201cSadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different, dangerous ideologies. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBeaches in Spain, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria, boats and men arrive. When will European capitals do something about that invasion, or is it too late? I pray not, and I believe not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The hardline MAGA devotee then preached: \u201cThe men who fought and died here restored freedom to Europe. That freedom must be maintained by this generation of leaders and war fighters, or what they fought for was merely temporary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth\u2014whose visit to Langrune-sur-Mer was protested by local residents due to \u201cwarlike statements\u201d and \u201cAmerican supremacist pronouncements\u201d\u2014quickly faced pushback for his inflammatory words.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Republican Michael McCaul appeared on ABC News\u2019 <i>This Week<\/i> on Sunday, and blasted: \u201cWell as the son of a D-Day veteran, look, there\u2019s a time and a place for these issues of immigration. That was not the day, not the anniversary of D-Day.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Michael McCaul criticizes Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s remarks on immigration in a D-Day speech in France: \u201cI think out of respect to the veterans, myself being the son of a D-Day veteran, those remarks were out of place.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/TsMp5uPiqa pic.twitter.com\/CxK3SigkFo<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 7, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think out of respect to the veterans, myself being the son of a D-Day veteran, those remarks were out of place. I think it should have been about their sacrifice, their service to their country, and what they did to protect the free world at a time of great peril against Nazi Germany,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=918\">Trump, 79, Storms Off From Sit-Down After Melting Down at Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat should have been the message. It always has been in the past. And quite frankly I thought it was just inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, one MAGA-aligned X user, who was followed by the late Charlie Kirk, said that despite agreeing with Hegseth\u2019s extreme anti-immigration stance, even they thought it was a step too far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly I agree with Hegseth\u2019s concerns about Europe disintegrating under muslim immigration but HOLY S&#8211;T D-Day is not the venue to preach to them on their own soil,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Even prior to opening his mouth, some critics suspected that Hegseth may not have grasped the seriousness of the D-Day commemoration when the \u201cSecretary of War\u201d was seen landing in Paris flanked by his wife and six of the children in their blended family.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the criticism, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told the Daily Beast: \u201cSecretary Hegseth follows all ethics rules, regulations, and guidelines to the letter.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDepartment travel policies are applied consistently and with full accountability. The Department of War maintains rigorous standards to ensure taxpayer resources are protected while senior leaders fulfill their official duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=916\">Gavin Newsom Picks Up an Unlikely New Admirer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has come under fire from within his own party for his decision to link a D-Day commemoration to anti-immigration politics. Read more Republican Twists Knife as Trump\u2019s Scheme Falls Apart Speaking at an American military cemetery in France on Saturday, Hegseth, 46, marked the 82nd anniversary by stating: \u201cSadly, today, different [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Republican Turns on Pentagon Pete Over Vile D-Day Speech - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=922\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Republican Turns on Pentagon Pete Over Vile D-Day Speech - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has come under fire from within his own party for his decision to link a D-Day commemoration to anti-immigration politics. 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