McCaul Rebukes Hegseth's D-Day Immigration Remarks as GOP Split Widens on June 6 Message
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 7
McCaul Rebukes Hegseth's D-Day Immigration Remarks as GOP Split Widens on June 6 Message
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 7
Summary
Michael McCaul said Pete Hegseth's D-Day anniversary remarks about an "immigrant invasion" in Europe were inappropriate, breaking with the defense secretary from within the Republican Party.
ABC's This Week gave McCaul a national platform to argue there is "a time and a place" for immigration debates, and that the June 6 commemoration was not it.
Hegseth had used the D-Day observance to criticize immigration in Europe, turning a World War II remembrance into a political flashpoint.
The rebuke highlights unease among some Republicans over mixing partisan immigration rhetoric with a solemn military anniversary.