Former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has accused War Secretary Pete Hegseth of misusing scripture to send Americans to war. In a video posted to X, she targeted his biblical “Send Me” campaign. The campaign draws on the words, “Here I am, Lord, send me.” Her criticism quickly drew sharp pushback from Trump supporters.
She opens the video by defending taxpayer funding for the military. Americans, she says, gladly pay for troops, military supplies and “weapons to defend our homeland.”
She then turns to the Trump administration’s decision to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War. The change was misunderstood at first, she says, “but now looking at it in hindsight, it all makes sense.” She calls the “Send Me” campaign “very biblical.” Hegseth, she says, uses Bible verses on social media, in talks with troops and in recruitment.
“That is not what that is meant for,” she says. She argues the verse now serves to recruit young Americans “to be sent to foreign countries to fight.” She presents the campaign as a break from the movement she once championed. “That’s not what we thought Make America Great Again meant,” she says. “That’s not what we voted for.”
The phrase comes from Isaiah 6:8, where the prophet answers God’s call. The video doesn’t cite a specific Hegseth post or recruitment event. It also doesn’t say which foreign conflicts she means.
Trump Supporters Accuse Marjorie Taylor Greene of Hypocrisy Over Hegseth Scripture Criticism
The clip drew a flood of replies on X, where many users turned the scripture argument back on Greene.
“You are the hypocrite and heretic. You are the biggest grifter and failure. Pete Hegseth is a Christian and we are grateful for his strong leadership and faith,” one user wrote.
Others rejected her claim about what voters wanted. “Quit telling us what we voted for. I voted for closed borders, deportations, fixing the voting system, energy independence and getting away from The WEF and the green new deal,” another response stated.
A separate commenter pointed to her exit from Congress. “Do you really understand the difference between a calling and a job? Because you quit yours while SecofWar was called to his.”
One user challenged her history of the department’s name. “No…it has NOT ‘always been called the Department of Defense!’ It was called the ‘War Department’ until 1949, when congress renamed it ‘Department of Defense’ after WWII.”
Not every reply went against her. “Jesus’ message is for PEACE. 1 Peter 3:11 is not a suggestion but a directive: we ‘MUST seek peace and pursue it,'” one user wrote.
Another echoed her warning about the military’s direction. “The U.S. military is quickly being turned into a weird religious cult… Kool-aid for soldiers is NOT what we voted for.”
The dispute leaves unresolved how far scripture belongs in military messaging. It also reopens a fight over what MAGA voters actually backed at the ballot box.
