{"id":1920406,"date":"2023-04-27T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T22:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-respond-to-dod-officials-reportedly-cheering-tucker-carlsons-fox-exit\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T18:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T22:59:11","slug":"veterans-respond-to-dod-officials-reportedly-cheering-tucker-carlsons-fox-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-respond-to-dod-officials-reportedly-cheering-tucker-carlsons-fox-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Respond to DOD Officials Reportedly Cheering Tucker Carlson\u2019s Fox Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fveterans-respond-to-dod-officials-reportedly-cheering-tucker-carlsons-fox-exit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1920406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0427\/f251b2db-b64b-4d88-820b-b6a702f85be6\/audio.mp3?length=5151501&#038;duration=429\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been defended by several U.S. military veterans after a report emerged that Pentagon officials were relieved that he would no longer host his popular prime-time show. But these veterans are not the only ones speaking out against the Pentagon officials&#8217; comments.<\/p>\n<h2>The Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Just a day after the cable channel announced in a news release that it had parted ways with Carlson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/25\/pentagon-officials-cheer-tucker-carlson-ouster-00093819\">Politico<\/a> published an article based on anonymous sources that claimed Pentagon officials were celebrating Carlson\u2019s exit, citing his criticism of the U.S. military under President Joe Biden\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re a better country without him bagging on our military every night in front of hundreds of thousands of people,\u201d one senior Pentagon official is reported to have said, while a second, according to Politico, said: \u201cGood riddance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The publication reported that when it invited him to comment, Carlson responded to the report by text message, writing: \u201cHa! I\u2019m sure.\u201d The news outlet stated that Carlson declined to elaborate any further.<\/p>\n<h2>Veterans Respond<\/h2>\n<p>The report prompted many veterans to respond on social media, with one critic saying it is unfitting for Department of Defense (DOD) officials to publicly denounce media figures who question their policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s highly inappropriate for a Pentagon official to be making comments about the sacking of a media figure who questioned them. This, no matter your views on Tucker himself,\u201d former Navy SEAL Scott Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scotttaylorva\/status\/1651243040768401409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1651243040768401409%7Ctwgr%5E9e99f5c1fd11538aaf92232c5dc1b47047b770ac%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2023%2F04%2F26%2Fveterans-defend-tucker-carlson-pentagon-politico-vance%2F\">tweeted<\/a> on April 26. \u201cThis should be denounced in a bipartisan way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Army Ranger veteran Sean Parnell also spoke up in Carlson\u2019s defense, saying the outspoken 53-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/timeline-explaining-the-tucker-carlson-vs-the-pentagon-feud\/\" title=\"Timeline: Explaining The \u2018Tucker Carlson vs. The Pentagon\u2019 Feud\">cable news host<\/a> never \u201cbagged\u201d on the military, but that he had instead attempted to hold U.S. Defense officials accountable for their carelessness on matters such as the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTucker never bagged on our military. He demanded accountability of the senior leadership who gave us the disaster of Iraq &#038; Afghanistan. Who to date, have not been held accountable for anything. Thousands of Americans dead. Wounded. Trillions wasted. And for what?\u201d Parnell wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanParnellUSA\/status\/1651190026670047232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1651190026670047232%7Ctwgr%5Ead62565bd4a88a5cf7a57a88fc94d87d4e264e05%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Farmy-ranger-defends-tucker-as-pentagon-cheers-his-fox-news-ouster\">post<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>Carlson&#8217;s Views<\/h2>\n<p>On his 8 p.m. ET show, Carlson did occasionally criticize U.S. military leadership, expanding on the topic in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/tucker-carlson-biden-pentagon-military-wokeness-lloyd-austin\">op-ed<\/a> published in 2021 in which he questioned the role of women in combat. Keeping women out of direct combat had been U.S. military orthodoxy for over 200 years\u2014until less than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson also denounced\u00a0the Biden administration for prioritizing wokeness and diversity within the military in the face of the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party, prompting a rare response from then-Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we absolutely won\u2019t do is take personnel advice from a talk show host or the Chinese military,\u201d Kirby said during a briefing with reporters in March 2021.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Maintain Neutrality\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The social media firestorm also caught the attention of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery \u2018senior Pentagon official\u2019 who commented on this story while hiding behind anonymity is a coward,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1651047015453687814\">tweeted<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cCall me old-fashioned, but senior military officials should maintain neutrality about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-announces-journalists-will-now-be-allowed-to-openly-engage-in-political-activism\/\" title=\"NPR Announces Journalists Will Now Be Allowed To Openly Engage In Political Activism\">hot-button political topics<\/a>. And they certainly shouldn\u2019t run to one media outlet to gossip\u2014anonymously\u2014about another.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Call me old fashioned, but senior military officials should maintain neutrality about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-star-trek-series-depicts-january-6-riot-leading-to-second-civil-war-and-world-war-iii\/\" title=\"New Star Trek Series Depicts January 6 Riot Leading To \u201cSecond Civil War\u201d and \u201cWorld War III\u201d\">hot button political topics<\/a>. And they certainly shouldn\u2019t run to one media outlet to gossip\u2014anonymously\u2014about another.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1651047015453687814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While hosting one of the top-rated cable news programs for years, Carlson was also one of the only mainstream television hosts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-respond-to-dod-officials-reportedly-cheering-tucker-carlsons-fox-exit\/\" title=\"Veterans Respond to DOD Officials Reportedly Cheering Tucker Carlson\u2019s Fox Exit\">openly criticize top federal agencies<\/a>. Journalist Glenn Greenwald credited Carlson with holding several views that conservatives are divided over.<\/p>\n<p>Greenwald, who had appeared regularly on Carlson\u2019s show, wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1650539164440444930\">Twitter<\/a> that Carlson \u201cwas the cable host who most: Opposed US proxy war in Ukraine; Denounced CIA, FBI, and DHS for its systemic lies and corruption; Devoted himself to a pardon for Julian Assange; Objected to regime change efforts in Cuba; Criticized Trump Admin\u2019s militarism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlson,\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several U.S. military veterans have issued public comments defending former Fox News host Tucker Carlson after a report emerged that Pentagon officials were relieved that he would no longer host his popular prime-time show. 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