Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week that the merits of the Medals of Honor issued to the Seventh Cavalry butchers at the Wounded Knee Massacre are “no longer up for debate.”
Sicangu Lakota tribal member and former legislator Troy Heinert doesn’t agree:
While disappointing, Heinert doubts Hegseth’s decision will be the final word on the 135-year-old matter.
“If we have a chance to educate more people about the history of what happened to the native people in this country, I think we have to use it,” said Heinert. “And maybe someday we will get there, and those medals will be rescinded, and that healing can begin from that event” [Tom Hanson, “Wounded Knee Decision Delays Healing in South Dakota,” KELO-TV, 2025.09.29].
Keep speaking up, Senator Heinert!
Hear, hear Mr. Heinert.
Way to go, Porter!!
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despite Noem’s efforts for military violence against American liberals in revenge for her bruised and hurt feelings from her painful, vain, immoral and thin-skinned roles as infamous multiple traffic-violator, state and congressional ineffectual legislator, incompetent and tribally-banished and immoral governor, and finally (hopefully) as flame-throwing, camo-capped militia pandering, severely “botoxed” and sculpted plastic head of ICE/Homeland “security”. Trump has set her up as his fall-guy and will turn on her.
Troy Heinert wisely corrects little man Pete’s final say on decorating Wounded Knee Massacre soldiers of fortune.
Remember these lame-O’s boss recently decorated Rush Limbaugh w/ the nation’s highest civilian “honor” for decades of radical Republican far-right wing propaganda, inspiring billionaire Rupert Murdoch to completely destroy reliable media worldwide.
We are not dealing with intellectual giants on the right, here. None if this ends well for tyrants, through the scope if of history. Such pettiness, greed and entitlement from an entire “grand old” political party.
Even if President Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had rescinded the medals there is little doubt that a Secretary of War would restore them. Recall that in 2021 former South Dakota State Senator Troy Heinert sponsored a resolution in the legislature in support of revoking Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee murderers that passed overwhelmingly but since DonOld Trump hates Native Americans he left the medals that dishonor Native American military servicemembers in place.
Thank you Troy for speaking up. You are correct in your response. We have a self centered secretary of defense.
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We’re not dealing with giants in any regard, leslie.
Be safe …
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Young Mr. Heinert, unkempt as he can be at times, is usually a civil fellow probably due to the influence of his Dutch heritage.