Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen labeled the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, an “antisemite” during a charged hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday that saw the former Fox News chief spar with senators over allegations of spreading a Christian nationalist agenda and leading America into an unpopular conflict with Iran. The moment came after Hegseth remarked to another senator that he sometimes referred to members of the press as “Pharisees”, a term referring to a sect of Jewish thought active thousands of years ago that has come to be used occasionally by non-Jews as a kind of slur meant to describe someone as hypocritical or litigious. During the 2020 presidential campaign, Pete Buttigieg faced criticism from some Jewish figures for using the term. Hegseth remarked to a senator during the hearing, “I looked out at our press corps at the Pentagon and called them the Pharisees in the press, because they look for every problem.” That quip prompted a response from Rosen, who is Jewish, minutes later.…