Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville Ā® said he voted against the nomination of the Pentagonās next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman over the military officerās push to promote āwoke policies.ā
Tuberville said he objected Air Force Gen. Charles āCQā Brown Jr.ās efforts to recruit and promote racial minorities in the ranks. He argued that such equal opportunity efforts threaten military readiness.
āI heard some things he talked about, about race and things that he wanted to mix into the military,ā he told Bloomberg Televisionās āBalance of Powerā on Tuesday. āOur military is not an equal opportunity employer. Weāre looking for the best of the best to do whatever. Weāre not looking for different groups, social justice groups. We donāt want to single-handedly destroy our military from within.ā
Tubervilleās comments are not entirely accurate, as the U.S. military since 1948 has had an equal opportunity policy, signed into law by President Truman via an executive order. The effort desegregated the military and guaranteed āequality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.ā
Understanding Senator Tubervilleās motivations is like peeling the layers of an onion, except that thereās only one layer and itās racism.
The best theory I read was the Orange face would be able to confirm postings in the military with MAGA-friendly personel to replace the current unconfirmed postings
This is the real answer. It very clearly worked for the judicial branch, and now theyāre trying the same tactic with military leadership positions.
This should make everyone freak the fuck out because of the very obvious implications, but itās being handled as an also-ran story.
You still get to weep.