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speak easy

(10,484 posts)
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:15 PM Saturday

Huckabee praises Hegseth, blames 'woke' mindset for low military recruitment

Source: The Hill

Mike Huckabee (R), Arkansas’s former governor and newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel, commended President-elect Trump for selecting Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense.

“I think he’s going to be just as disruptive, which needs to happen at the DOD. They’ve been so focused on being woke and being diverse that nobody wants to join them,” Huckabee said Friday on NewsMax’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight.”

"The military has always been a meritocracy. It’s never been some social experiment,” the Republican said.

“So if Pete Hegseth goes in and gets rid of some of these folks who politically got their jobs rather than for military capacity, God bless him. Good for him.”


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4994474-huckabee-praises-hegseth-blames-woke-mindset-for-low-military-recruitment/



Consent is woke.
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Aristus

(68,320 posts)
1. Yeah. They are contractually obligated not to say that low military recruitment is due
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:16 PM
Saturday

to a prosperous economy.

Diraven

(1,042 posts)
5. Sure...
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:25 PM
Saturday

Bringing back white supremacy in the military, and kicking out gays and women is really going to help recruitment.

travelingthrulife

(665 posts)
12. Talk to any of these MAGAS longer than 1 minute and it will come up.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:16 AM
Sunday

It's another excuse for destroying everything.

Docreed2003

(17,781 posts)
7. I love it when aholes like Huckabee opine about what the military should be like
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 09:26 PM
Saturday

We he's never served a day in his damn life. Fuck You Mike

Seinan Sensei

(695 posts)
10. Huckabee was supposed to be in ROTC
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 10:19 PM
Saturday

at the little college he went to.
ROTC was mandatory
He got out of it somehow

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