The statement accurately reports that Senator Jacky Rosen accused Pete Hegseth of using antisemitic language by referring to critics as "Pharisees" and that he declined to retract the remark. Multiple sources from May 2026 confirm Rosen made this accusation during Senate Armed Services Committee hearings, and Hegseth did not retract or apologize for using the term, instead defending it as biblical language.

No credible reports indicate Senator Jacky Rosen accused Pete Hegseth of antisemitic language for calling critics 'Pharisees' or that he declined to retract such a claim; the alleged event appears unfounded.

There is no record of Senator Jacky Rosen making such an accusation against anyone named Hegseth, nor any public controversy involving the term "Pharisees" in this context; the claim appears to be unfounded.

The statement refers to an event in 2026, which is in the future, and there is no verifiable evidence that Senator Jacky Rosen made this accusation about Hegseth using antisemitic language.