Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, has faced scrutiny for his association with Wilson—and Wilson’s anti–women’s suffrage views—since he was nominated to lead the Department of Defense. (Wilson also once wrote that “slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the races.”)

CNN's Pamela Brown sat down with self-described Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson, who counts Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as a follower, and she was flabbergasted by his views on women. The Idaho-based right-wing preacher has expanded his network of churches into Washington,