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On Oct 7, 2021, in a bruising confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Brenda “Sue” Fulton, who is nominated to be the assistant defense secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, fielded angry questions from Republicans about some of her tweets since 2014, tweets that called their party racist and white evangelical leaders “unmoored from the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., slammed Fulton for a tweet on Aug. 29, 2017, that said, “The vast majority of white evangelical leaders are utterly unmoored from the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Cotton hammered Fulton on what she meant by “vast” majority, asking her to put a percentage on how many leaders are “unmoored,” and why she singled out white evangelical leaders versus those of any other race.
If confirmed, Fulton would oversee the Defense Department’s religious accommodations policy and chaplain corps. She said that she supported religious freedom, and would uphold it for all troops if confirmed. A former Army officer, Fulton graduated from the U.S. Military Academy’s first class to include women, and went on to become the first openly gay member of the academy’s Board of Visitors in 2011.
The future of her nomination is not clear. Democrats did not question Fulton about her tweets, and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., seemed to defend her near the end of the hearing.