{"id":11822,"date":"2026-07-20T19:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11822"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:30:07","slug":"former-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-accuses-war-secretary-hegseth-of-bloodlust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11822","title":{"rendered":"Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses War Secretary Hegseth of &#8216;bloodlust&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., accused War Secretary <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25403\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/pete-hegseth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> of &#8220;bloodlust&#8221; after the Pentagon chief posted about fallen U.S. service members amid the ongoing Iran war.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve,&#8221; Hegseth wrote on X when sharing a U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) post about the deaths of American troops in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Greene shared Hegseth&#8217;s post and wrote, &#8220;Sacrifice?? What the f&#8212; are you talking about?? They did not willingly sacrifice themselves. They were killed because of the war you, Trump, and the admin, are waging on behalf of a FOREIGN COUNTRY, Israel. You mean their deaths fuel your bloodlust for a senseless war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25404\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/ex-counterterrorism-official-joe-kent-continues-calling-us-military-withdrawal-middle-east\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>EX-COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL JOE KENT CONTINUES CALLING FOR US MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM MIDDLE EAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/8409da65-marjorie-taylor-greene-may-2025-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/8409da65-marjorie-taylor-greene-may-2025-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/8409da65-marjorie-taylor-greene-may-2025-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/8409da65-marjorie-taylor-greene-may-2025-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/8409da65-marjorie-taylor-greene-may-2025-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Then-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives for a meeting of House Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center on the budget reconciliation bill on Thursday, May 15, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital reached out to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25405\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">White House<\/a> and the War Department on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">CENTCOM declared in part of a Saturday statement, &#8220;On July 17, two U.S. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25406\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/two-us-service-members-killed-iranian-strikes-jordan-centcom-says\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">service members in Jordan<\/a> were killed in action as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks.&#8221; The post also noted that a service member was missing.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25407\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-service-member-killed-iraq-troops-recover-unidentified-remains-jordan-centcom\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>US SERVICE MEMBER KILLED IN IRAQ AS TROOPS RECOVER UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS IN JORDAN: CENTCOM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/343\/192\/president-donald-trump-war-secretary-pete-hegseth-july-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/686\/384\/president-donald-trump-war-secretary-pete-hegseth-july-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/672\/378\/president-donald-trump-war-secretary-pete-hegseth-july-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1344\/756\/president-donald-trump-war-secretary-pete-hegseth-july-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1200\/675\/president-donald-trump-war-secretary-pete-hegseth-july-2026.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"President Donald Trump shakes hands with War Secretary Pete Hegseth\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at U.S. Army War College on July 15, 2026 in Carlisle, Pa.<\/span> <span>(Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I\u2019m praying for the families and friends of those two fallen soldiers and for the third missing soldier,&#8221; Greene wrote in a Saturday post on X when sharing CENTCOM&#8217;s announcement. &#8220;This should not be happening. President Trump needs to bring our troops home and stop this senseless America LAST war!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">In an update on Sunday, CENTCOM noted, &#8220;Yesterday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the passing of two U.S. service members and the missing status of one in Jordan following an Iranian attack on July 17. After a thorough search, U.S. military personnel found unidentified remains at the location earlier today. An examination process to verify the remains is ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The post stated: &#8220;Separately, a U.S. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25408\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-service-member-killed-iraq-troops-recover-unidentified-remains-jordan-centcom\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">service member in northern Iraq<\/a> was killed in action July 18 during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. A second service member was wounded and continues to receive medical treatment for a minor injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25409\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/low-testosterone-hegseth-sparks-conversation-doctors-reveal-warning-signs-every-man-should-know\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LOW TESTOSTERONE? HEGSETH SPARKS CONVERSATION AS DOCTORS REVEAL WARNING SIGNS EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Greene and President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_25412\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> had a falling out last year. In early January she departed Congress, reigning in the middle of a two-year term.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., accused War Secretary Pete Hegseth of &#8220;bloodlust&#8221; after the Pentagon chief posted about fallen U.S. service members amid the ongoing Iran war. &#8220;Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve,&#8221; Hegseth wrote on X when sharing a U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8409da65-marjorie-taylor-greene-may-2025-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}