"You will have to change how you see women": Why Trump fears Hegseth accusers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.
42% : If men have to lie about abusing women, well, that's just self-defense against "political correctness.
36% : Hegseth's parrot-like repetition of the word "anonymous" shows he and Trump believe that, as long as more details don't come to light, they can simply deny the piles of journalistically obtained evidence.
28% : As Trump explained repeatedly throughout the civil trial, where a jury found him liable for the sexual assault of journalist E. Jean Carroll, he believes it "fortunately" was true that men had a right to sexually abuse women "for a million years."
28% : If Hegseth squeaks through, it will be for the same reason Trump keeps slipping the noose:
16% : But Trump and his supporters no more want Hegseth to change his views than they wish him to repent of all the alleged abuse and sexual misconduct.

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