DI has documented statements by Scott Anderson on Body Image, Military and Defense, and Sexism, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Member of Parliament for Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee
Condemned
Statement summary
Conservative MP Scott Anderson, whose riding includes the mocked cadets, condemned Hegseth's post as "a cheap shot at women and children," saying Hegseth "should be ashamed."
“You should be ashamed ... You took a cheap shot at women and children in my riding.”
Pete Hegseth reposted a photo of a Canadian cadet receiving an award, adding a Canadian flag and the words "this is real." Canadian officials, a cadet group, a Republican lawmaker and George Clooney called it mocking; the Pentagon stood by the post.
