Pattie Gonia challenges US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to a pull up challenge
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Drag queen and environmental activist Pattie Gonia is proving they are committed to spreading holiday cheer by taking a shot at anti-LGBTQ+ politician Pete Hegseth.
Earlier this year, a video clip went viral showing Hegseth attempting and failing to complete a set of 50 pull-ups.
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Originally shared by former Marine Ron Filipkowski, the clip shows the US secretary toward the end of his reps kicking his feet in a struggle to complete the exercise.
“The Pete Hegseth pull-up is a bit different than the ones we did at Parris Island,” Filipkowski can be heard saying. “Maybe it’s an Army thing.”
Patti posted their own video doing pull-ups, effectively condemning and beating the Secretary of War. The drag artist also shared a message to Hegseth:
“Hi Pete Hegseth, Pattie Gonia here, while you’re busy trying to take away the rights of queer people, I’m over here advocating for the rights of all people, including my right to do better pull-ups than you all with my balls tucked inside of me,” they said as they impressively completed pull-ups.
Hegseth is notorious for his anti-LGBTQ+ stances. Since coming into office, the Secretary of War has supported legislation to ban transgender people and women from joining the military. Additionally
Pattie captioned the video, directly challenging Hegseth. “My name is Pattie Gonia and I challenge Pete Hegseth to a pull-up competition. I’ll win. And I’ll do it tucked,” she wrote.
“Some gay please take this video to gay Twitter we need it to actually reach him,” she joked in a later comment.
All we can say is: ICON!
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