A Pentagon spokesman is standing behind Defense Secretary and Minnesota native Pete Hegseth, who ignited an ongoing debate after reciting an air rescue group’s violent prayer that appears to crib from a scene in Quentin Tarantino’s film “Pulp Fiction” and an altered version of a Bible verse.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth seemed to quote Samuel L. Jackson's character in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction at a recent Pentagon worship service.