'Who's doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments

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DEFENSE
‘Who’s doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson compared the murders of Israeli babies during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to abortion.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visits the border with Mexico on March 5, 2025 in Eagle Pass, Texas. Republicans are pushing back against a member of his staff, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson, who has compared the murders of Israeli babies in the Hamas attacks to abortion. | Brandon Bell/Pool via AP

By JACK DETSCH and JOE GOULD
03/05/2025 09:24 PM EST

The backlash over a top Pentagon aide who has touted antisemitic views, white supremacist conspiracy theories and Kremlin-like statements on social media grew wider on Wednesday in a sign of increasing frustration among Republicans about the Trump administration’s seemingly unvetted appointees.

Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson’s posts — which include comparing the murders of Israeli babies during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks to abortion and spreading the far-right “great replacement theory” — have angered lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

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[Walleye]

1. Who's doing the vetting? Same guy who's doing Everything else, Putin

[tanyev]

2. There's only one vetting question:

Do you pledge to support anything and everything Donald Trump says, no matter what?

That’s truly all they care about.