THE FEDERALIST – On Friday, President Donald Trump agreed to create a new task force aimed at keeping neo-Marxist ideology out of the U.S. military if he is elected this November.
The moment came during an on-stage exchange with Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier at the former president’s town hall in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The Space Force veteran was fired from the service in May 2021 after publicly discussing the increasing presence of DEI racism throughout the armed forces.
Gen. Stephen Whiting — who reportedly played a role in Lohmeier’s dismissal — has since been promoted to lead U.S. Space Force Command by President Joe Biden.
Whiting has a history of using his position to advance DEI throughout the service, as The Federalist previously reported.
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Speaking with Trump during Friday’s townhall, Lohmeier thanked the GOP presidential nominee for promising to fire “woke generals” in the military and asked if he would consider “establishing a special task force, office, or position to ensure” DEI and other neo-Marxist ideologies “never return to the Defense Department.”
“You know what I’ll do? … I’m gonna put you on that task force,” Trump responded …