The Pentagon clarified on Thursday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth thinks women should have the right to vote, despite his sharing of CNN reporting which featured religious leaders he supports saying they would back the repealing of the 19th Amendment.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth supports a woman's right to vote, the Pentagon said on Thursday, days after he reposted a video on X of a pastor advocating repealing the right guaranteed by the U.

X said Hegseth "doesn't think women should be voting" ( archived ): Because I’ve got a lot of MAGA trolls and get to talk to a lot of of them, here’s something you won’t see. Spread this around your echo chambers.