Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth's book on 'woke' military tops New York Times bestseller list

Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth's new book shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list this week, much to the dismay of the radical left.

the book of hegseth, The War Against the Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Freehighlights the concerns a patriot and two-Bronze Star veteran has about a “woke” military.

The book has sold more than 60,000 copies in its first week. Not only did Hegseth's offering top the non-fiction bestseller list, it outsold the likes of Erik Larson and Bill Maher.

War on warriors is #1.

The book is for warriors: past, present and future. pic.twitter.com/5sFwRbRWUa

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) June 13, 2024

The book description reads: “Pete Hegseth joined the Army to fight extremists. Then that same Army called him one. The Army Pete joined twenty years ago was fiercely focused on lethality, competition and color blindness. Today our brass follows the rest of our country off the cliff of chaos and cultural weakness.”

He talks about being told to “withdraw” from the National Guard while defending President Biden's inauguration because of the Jerusalem Cross tattooed on his chest.

“So I had orders like everybody, like everybody, to go and defend Joe Biden's inauguration … and I was ready to go,” Hegseth said.

After some digging, the Fox News host and Trump supporter was told he was “identified as a national extremist or white nationalist, because of a tattoo on your chest.”

Here is an excerpt from the book:

I joined the military in 2001 because I wanted to serve my country. Extremists attacked us on 9/11 and we went to war. I became an infantry officer in 2003. I watched for terrorists at Guantanamo Bay in 2004. I led men in combat in Iraq in 2005. I pulled bodies from burning vehicles in Afghanistan in 2012. I keep a riot shield outside the White House in 2020. .

And, in 2021, the Army itself considered me an “extremist.”

Yes, you read that right.

twenty years . . and the military for whom he loved, fought, revered. . . spit on me While writing this book, I parted ways with an army that no longer wanted me. The feeling was mutual: I didn't want this Army anymore either.

“Publishing this book has been a moving experience from start to finish. I am honored and humbled that The War on Warriors has resonated with so many people; especially with active duty troops, veterans and military families. This book is for them and for our country,” Hegseth said in a statement. “A great nation needs a great military, and I hope this book will play a role in restoring the military to its core function: deter, fight and win our wars.”

Thanks @foxandfriends! pic.twitter.com/CyymJxbv1c

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) June 13, 2024

Hegseth was in the Army ROTC program at Princeton and in 2003 served at Guantanamo Bay as a second lieutenant in the New Jersey Army National Guard. In 2005, he deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, as a first lieutenant in the 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. He served as an infantry platoon leader and briefly as a civil-military operations officer.

He returned to active duty in 2012 as a captain, deploying to Afghanistan with the Minnesota Army National Guard as a senior counterinsurgency instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul. In addition to receiving two Bronze Stars, Hegseth was awarded a Combat Infantry Badge.

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