Military Times
9 Hours Ago, March 15, 2021
A prominent Republican senator this weekend demanded a personal meeting with Marine Corps leadership to explain why officials in charge of some service social media accounts insulted and “intimidated” conservative pundit Tucker Carlson for his comments about women in the military.
“These actions run the risk of creating a culture of contempt for our country’s civilian leadership within the enlisted ranks and among junior officers which will be corrosive to the good order and discipline of the military,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin requesting the meeting.
“I am deeply concerned about what it portends for the direction that you and President (Joe) Biden intend to move the military.”
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Last Thursday, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that Austin “shared the revulsion of so many others” when he heard Carlson’s comments.
“What we absolutely won’t do is take personnel advice from a talk show host or the Chinese military,” he said. “Now maybe those folks feel like they have something to prove. That’s on them. We know we’re the greatest military in the world today, and even for all the things we need to improve, and we know exactly why that’s so.”
Bugs Marlowe