{"id":45,"date":"2026-05-26T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:40:41","slug":"the-usda-secretary-is-a-dangerous-religious-zealot-like-pete-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"The USDA secretary is a dangerous religious zealot like Pete Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins isn\u2019t as dramatic with religious theatrics as some of her colleagues in Donald Trump\u2019s Cabinet, like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but that shouldn\u2019t fool anyone. A from staff members alleges that Rollins has been \u201cpromoting her own preferred brand of Christian beliefs and theology to the captive audience of employees,\u201d largely through proselytizing emails sent to the whole staff at the USDA, which make them \u201cfear the negative consequences of not sharing the Secretary\u2019s religion.\u201d The details in the lawsuit reveal that the former Cotton Bowl Queen is just as committed a Christian nationalist as the more belligerent Hegseth.<\/p>\n

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That might seem like a bold claim at first blush. Hegseth has drawn attention for his aggressive, even violent rhetoric that treats Christianity as a war-mongering faith focused more on punishing non-believers than the more Jesus-like aspirations of love and charity. The defense secretary is so devoted to reimagining Jesus as a vengeful prophet that he got caught giving a sermon-like speech in which he appeared to pass off dialogue from Quentin Tarantino\u2019s 1994 film \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d as Bible verses. In contrast, the emails Rollins sent her staff leaned sentimental, reminiscent of religious tracts being handed out by smiling elderly evangelicals proselytizing to heathens on the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cChrist Is Risen\u201d reads the headline on one email included in the lawsuit, which was decorated with a watercolor illustration of an open cave decorated with flowers. \u201cGod has granted each of us victory and new life. And where there is life \u2014 risen life\u2014there is hope,\u201d it reads in part. As Hemant Mehta of the Friendly Atheist detailed, Rollins blasts similar material out on her official USDA social media accounts, such as an image of a cross made of flowers declaring, \u201cChrist is risen! He is risen indeed!\u201d<\/p>\n