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The Michael Steele Podcast

Pete Hegseth Proudly Ends "Woke" Program Trump Signed (Quick Take)

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele speaks with Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz about Pete Hegseth proudly ending the "woke" Women, Peace and Security program that Trump himself signed. Plus, what tools Democrats can use to expose the incompetency of the Trump Administration. 

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0:00.0

You got Defense Secretary Pete has saying on Tuesday, he wants to wind down a program at the Pentagon that boosts the participation of women in peace building and conflict prevention.

0:12.5

Donald Trump, hello, America, signed it into law in his last administration.

0:21.3

How did it as an accomplishment for women?

0:24.8

That's an accomplishment for women.

0:27.0

But it gets even better than that.

0:29.7

But wait, there's more.

0:31.1

But wait, there's more.

0:32.4

His Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Knoam,

0:37.2

who was then a member of Congress from South Dakota, wrote the House version of the 2017 Women, Peace and Security Act.

0:48.0

His Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, former senator, championed the Senate version of the bill in the Senate.

0:59.6

Hmm. I haven't heard of peep out of one of them, Congresswoman, about this, about slashing the role of

1:06.8

women to serve the—and Pete Heggseth—you forgot the icing on the cake. So when Pete

1:12.4

Hegeseth comes out and announces

1:14.7

that he's ending this

1:16.1

quote unquote wasteful program

1:18.1

that is part of Democrats

1:20.0

so-called woke ideology

1:21.9

and blames all of

1:24.0

all of that program on Biden.

1:27.4

I mean, completely blanks on the fact that this was a Trump initiative championed by his

1:35.0

daughter, Ivanka Trump.

1:37.0

I remember when she traveled around the globe promoting it.

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