Hegseth’s Press Secretary Is as Extreme as They Come

New Republic: “The Pentagon’s new press secretary is a chronically online 26-year-old white nationalist who believes in the ‘great replacement’ theory, thinks Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy is an ‘entitled midget,’ and pushed an antisemitic conspiracy theory about Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was lynched after being falsely accused of murder in 1915.”

“Kingsley Wilson, who has served as deputy press secretary since January, is the daughter of right-wing talking head and former Trump adviser Steve Cortes and previously worked for Center for Renewing America, a think tank founded by Project 2025 architect Russel Vought. She will now act as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s primary mouthpiece at the Pentagon, a department that has not had regular press briefings for some time now.”