Pete Hegseth Casually Tosses Out a Slur at Iowa State Fair

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used an anti-LGBTQ slur completely unprompted at an Iowa State Fair on Monday, referring to transgender people as “trannies.” “At the Department of War, we do training, not trannies,” he said at a Salute to the Troops military fundraiser at the fair, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. T

The defence secretary’s remark came during a veterans fundraiser appearance alongside congressman Zach Nunn, as he pushed anti-DEI messaging.