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Pete Hegseth: “Progressives did over 100 years to make sure they controlled…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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The Honorable Pete Hegseth on What It Takes to Lead | CLS 2026

Published | Video Starts at 03:25

I wrote a book called Battle for the American Mind, and it's about a few of you. Read it it's about the 100 year progressive takeover, left wing takeover, of our public or government school system. It's what Progressives did over 100 years to make sure they controlled the classroom because they knew if they controlled the classroom and minimized the impact of the church, they could control the minds of the future of America. And that was their goal through public education. And you look at the history of how they did it and why they did it, it's a twisted story of intentionality to try to gather and capture the minds of young people. (03:25–03:36)

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Asserts that progressives have controlled classrooms for over 100 years to influence American minds.

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