Trump's DOD puts DEI in retreat

 Red State:

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When he spoke to the nominee's remarks about firing woke generals, though, it got even worse, as Rep. Bacon refused to lay any blame, appearing unaware of the length of time this diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) disease has pervaded our cultural institutions, including the military.

He said:

"[Hegseth's] been wanting to go after generals for doing too much DEI. There's also been Lieutenant General Donahue who led our forces out of Afghanistan.

I just want to warn people on this. Our generals and our military respond to civilian control.

Essentially, Bacon claims that we should lay this at the feet of President Biden, Vice President Harris, and DefSec Austin--and that President Trump would lay out new orders to end the practice.

There's another problem with criticisms of Hegseth. One of the big headlines going into the Sunday shows was the release of a CBS News/YouGov poll, which said Americans are giving the Trump 47 transition high marks, including on the president-elect's cabinet choices.
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This week on "Face The Nation," Senator Rand Paul  (R-KY) very simply reminded everyone, in the short clip below, why Hegseth is going to kick out the woke generals and others like Gen. Brown, as some fret he might. Notice the satisfying weariness in Paul's voice, as he is forced to answer another baseless, legacy media defense of DEI. Listen as he rightly defends promotion based on merit, as future Defense Secretary Hegseth will do.

Watch:

DEI was always a bad idea. Promotions should always be based on merit. There was a reason why the Kennedy administration was looking for the best and brightest for positions. You get fewer screwups with them.

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