If he is elected in November, President Donald Trump agreed to form a new work force to keep neo-Marxist philosophy out of the U.S. government on Friday.
The time came during an on-stage trade with Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier at the original president’s city hall in Fayetteville, North Carolina. After speaking out publicly about the rising prevalence of DEI prejudice in the armed forces, the Space Force senior was fired from the company in May 2021.
President Joe Biden has since promoted Gen. Stephen Whiting to direct U.S. Space Force Command, which apparently played a part in Lohmeier’s departure. As The Federalist recently reported, Whiting has a record of using his position to improve DEI throughout the company.
Speaking with Trump during Friday’s conference, Lohmeier thanked the GOP presidential nomination for promising to fire “woke commanders” in the military and asked if he would consider “establishing a particular task force, company, or position to ensure” DEI and another neo-Marxist ideologies “never returning to the Defense Department”.
” You know what I’ll would? … I’m gonna put you on that job pressure”, Trump responded.
As I previously report-the-militarys-obsession-with-dei-politics-is-hampering-its-readiness/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>wrote in these pages, a lengthy published , report , by the Claremont Institute’s Will Thibeau found that the U. S. government’s “embrace of extreme left-wing conservatism is hampering its entire readiness and ability to respond to an extremely dangerous political environment”. These practices have also contributed to the failure of the service to find the skills needed to fill current positions and successfully carry out missions.
During Friday’s city hall, Trump also pledged to succumb the name of the Fayetteville-based Army setup known as Fort Liberty again to Fort Bragg. Following George Floyd’s passing, legislation that authorized the Pentagon to establish a committee to name military foundations named after Confederate figures was passed in the name of the base.
Trump vetoed the bill, but it was overturned by Congress.
Fort Liberty has attracted nationwide media attention after it was recently discovered that the bottom has been labeling pro-life companies as “terrorist teams” in presentation materials distributed to about 9,100 soldiers over the past seven years. The Army has since removed the materials, but they have declined to say whether the person responsible for their authorization has or will face disciplinary punishment, according to the Military Times.
Shawn Fleetwood is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington and a staff writer for The Federalist. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood