{"id":1982843,"date":"2023-07-26T07:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T11:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-space-force-nominee-canned-a-service-member-for-criticizing-marxism-in-the-military\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T07:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T11:12:07","slug":"bidens-space-force-nominee-canned-a-service-member-for-criticizing-marxism-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-space-force-nominee-canned-a-service-member-for-criticizing-marxism-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Space Force nominee fired soldier for criticizing Marxism in military."},"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%2Fbidens-space-force-nominee-canned-a-service-member-for-criticizing-marxism-in-the-military%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=1982843&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>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>President Biden&#8217;s Pick \u2063for U.S. Space Force Command Faces Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s newest pick to lead U.S. Space Force\u2064 Command has come under \u200dscrutiny for his involvement in removing a service member from duty. Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, nominated by Biden earlier this month, played a role in the firing of Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who spoke out against &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; efforts and Marxism in the military.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/space_force\/2023-07-13\/general-biden-space-command-senate-10729121.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nominated<\/a> by Biden earlier this\u200d month to be the next head of U.S. Space Force Command,\u2064 Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting played a role in the firing of\u2063 Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier. While promoting his book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Irresistible-Revolution-Marxisms-Conquest-Unmaking\/dp\/1737067323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Irresistible Revolution: Marxism\u2019s Goal of Conquest &#038; the Unmaking of the American \u200cMilitary<\/em><\/a>, during a May 2021 podcast interview, Lohmeier\u2062 spoke about \u200dthe increasing presence of Marxist thought permeating the \u200dU.S. military, specifically pointing to the embrace of DEI and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our diversity, inclusion, and equity [DEI] industry and the trainings we&#8217;re receiving in the \u200bmilitary via that industry are rooted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-threatens-fbi-director-wray-with-contempt-over-targeting-parents-catholics\/\" title=\"Jordan warns FBI Director Wray of contempt for 'targeting' parents, Catholics.\">critical \u2062race theory<\/a> which is rooted in Marxism,&#8221;\u2062 Lohmeier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/space-force-officer-matthew-lohmeier-removed-podcast-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. DEI is a divisive and poisonous ideology that favors dismissing merit to discriminate based on characteristics such as skin color and sexual \u200ccharacteristics. Meanwhile,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/06\/critical-race-theory-isnt-about-teaching-that-slavery-is-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">critical race theory<\/a> seeks to fracture society along racial lines by promoting the false concept \u200dthat all white people are oppressors and all nonwhite people\u2063 are oppressed.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after Lohmeier&#8217;s podcast interview, a Space Force representative informed <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.li\/FdsvB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Military.com<\/a> (and later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/15\/politics\/space-force-lohmeier-fired-after-comments\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a>) that Whiting had &#8220;relieved&#8221; the lieutenant colonel of \u200ccommand due to a supposed &#8220;loss of trust and confidence in his ability to lead.&#8221; The representative further confirmed the decision was &#8220;based \u200bon&#8221; Lohmeier&#8217;s podcast remarks and that Whiting had initiated an investigation into Lohmeier to determine \u2064whether \u2064his comments &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-space-force-nominee-canned-a-service-member-for-criticizing-marxism-in-the-military\/\" title=\"Biden's Space Force nominee fired soldier for criticizing Marxism in military.\">constituted prohibited \u2062partisan political activity<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During \u2063the podcast interview, Lohmeier\u2063 purportedly took issue with The New York Times&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/06\/not-convinced-the-1619-project-lies-about-history-look-at-this-professors-forced-confession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thoroughly\u2062 debunked<\/a> 1619 Project, which attempts to rewrite \u2063history by asserting that America&#8217;s founding is based upon slavery and racism\u200d rather than the premise that &#8220;all men are created equal.&#8221; According to Lohmeier, such &#8220;anti-American&#8221; concepts are being \u2063pushed throughout the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-force-officer-fired-for-blasting-marxism-in-military-we-were-taught-whites-inherently-evil\/\" title=\"Space Force Officer Fired For Blasting Marxism In Military: \u2018We Were Taught\u2019 Whites \u2018Inherently Evil\u2019\">teaches intensive teaching<\/a> that I heard at my base \u2014 that at the time the country ratified the United\u200c States Constitution, it codified white supremacy as the law of the\u200c land,&#8221; Lohmeier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/15\/politics\/space-force-lohmeier-fired-after-comments\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;If you want to disagree with that, then you\u200b start (being) labeled all manner of\u2064 things including \u200dracist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/space-force-officer-matthew-lohmeier-removed-podcast-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a>, Lohmeier then went on\u200c to make clear that &#8220;he doesn&#8217;t\u2063 care about the political views of his fellow service members, whether they&#8217;re Democrats or Republicans, but he does not want to see \u200dinstitutions politicized.&#8221; \u200dLohmeier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ousted-space-force-officer-says-hes-being-misportrayed-received-thousands-of-notes-from-troops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> such sentiments to\u200d Fox News following his ousting.<\/p>\n<p>In addition \u2063to firing Lohmeier,\u200d Whiting has a \u2063history of advancing DEI\u200d ideology throughout the U.S. military. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USSFSpOC\/photos\/a.183160833288616\/260796302191735\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Feb. 26, 2021 Facebook post<\/a> \u200cby\u2064 the U.S. Space Operations Command, Whiting participated in \u2064a fireside chat with service members where he discussed &#8220;diversity and inclusion&#8221; in recruiting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We \u200dknow that \u200btalent is\u2062 evenly spread across this country through all demographics,\u2064 but opportunity is not,&#8221;\u2063 Whiting said. &#8220;So we have to fight through that traditional uneven distribution of opportunity\u200d and make \u2064sure that we&#8217;re bringing in the best \u200dfrom all facets of the United States to serve in our \u2063Space Force.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Whiting is hardly \u200cthe only Biden nominee who has promoted DEI\u2064 ideology in the military. \u2063Gen. Charles Q. \u2063Brown, who serves as Air Force chief of staff\u200c and was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/25\/biden-picks-gen-charles-q-brown-as-chair-of-joint-chiefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nominated<\/a> by Biden to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of\u2062 Staff, has also endorsed such teachings.<\/p>\n[[<strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden&#8217;s Pick \u200cFor Joint Chiefs\u2064 Chair Made &#8216;Diversity&#8217; And\u2062 &#8216;Inclusion&#8217; Focal Points In Air Force Personnel Decisions<\/a><\/strong>]\n<p>While participating in a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" title=\"Biden's Joint Chiefs Chair nominee prioritized diversity and inclusion in Air Force personnel choices.\">virtual discussion hosted<\/a> by\u200b the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in November 2020, for instance, Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/brown-diversity-push-changing-personnel-decision-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indicated<\/a> that &#8220;[a]t \u2063the higher\u200b level of the Air Force, diversity ha[d] moved to\u200c the forefront of personnel decisions such as promotions and hiring.&#8221; During the same event, \u200cthe Air Force general also \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-made-diversity-and-inclusion-focal-points-in-air-force-personnel-decisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> to using his post to increase opportunities for so-called &#8220;diverse candidates&#8221; in the Air Force, saying he &#8220;hire[d] for diversity&#8221; when building his staff.<\/p>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s nomination is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/senate-republicans-grill-bidens-pick-for-joint-chiefs-chair-over-dei-transgenderism-in-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">currently pending<\/a> before the Senate\u2062 Armed \u200cServices Committee.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood \u2063is a staff writer for The\u2063 Federalist and a graduate \u200dof the University of Mary Washington.\u200b He previously served as a state content writer for\u2062 Convention of States Action and his work has \u200dbeen featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>key role in removing a service member who criticized diversity efforts and Marxism in the military. 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