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Pete Hegseth: “They're accusing us of being systemically racist. And you…”

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The Rise and Fall of American Patriotism Pete Hegseth The Way I Heard It

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Yet I looked at things like racism or sectarianism, and I said, now that's real racism. Okay, What I'm seeing in Iraq or I'm seeing in Afghanistan, in this tribalism, you come back here and They're accusing us of being systemically racist. And you can step back and say, no, I've seen systemic racism. So I think sometimes just seeing other systems doing a little bit of your own homework is. Goes a long way in having a healthy dose of appreciation and gratitude for what we have. (18:06–18:14)

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Asserts that systemic racism in the U.S. is not comparable to what he observed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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