{"id":342258,"date":"2021-03-29T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=342258"},"modified":"2021-03-29T11:15:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:15:36","slug":"defense-department-investigating-diversity-and-inclusion-chief-for-posts-comparing-trump-to-hitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-department-investigating-diversity-and-inclusion-chief-for-posts-comparing-trump-to-hitler\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Department Investigating Diversity And Inclusion Chief For Posts Comparing Trump To Hitler"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdefense-department-investigating-diversity-and-inclusion-chief-for-posts-comparing-trump-to-hitler%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=342258&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4243.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Defense is investigating the head of the U.S. Special Operations Command\u2019s office of diversity and inclusion for posting anti-Trump content to social media.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon announced last week that it had hired Richard Torres-Estrada to serve as USSOCOM\u2019s head of diversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSSOCOM welcomes our new Chief of Diversity &amp; Inclusion, Mr. Richard Torres-Estrada. We look forward to his contribution in enhancing the capabilities and effectiveness of #SOF through diversity of talent, helping us recruit the best of the best,\u201d USSOCOM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USSOCOM\/status\/1375059174892126209\">posted<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement sparked backlash online as old social media posts from Torres-Estrada\u2019s Facebook page began circulating online. One post from June 2020 featured side-by-side <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laderechadiario\/status\/1375923221816619016\">photos<\/a> of former President Donald Trump holding up a Bible outside of St. John\u2019s Church in Washington, D.C., and a doctored image of Adolf Hitler made to look as if he is holding up a Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Torres-Estrada captioned the post, \u201cHere I leave this and slowly retire (to continue working from home)\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for USSOCOM confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/28\/defense-department-diversity-trump-hitler\/\">The Daily Caller News Foundation<\/a> on Sunday that the Pentagon had opened up an investigation into Torres-Estrada over his social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the situation, and the command has initiated an investigation,\u201d USSOCOM spokesman Ken McGraw said. USSOCOM did not immediately return a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Since President Joe Biden took over command of the military, the U.S. armed forces have increasingly prioritized diversity and inclusion as part of military readiness. Earlier this month, military officials attacked Fox News host Tucker Carlson after the conservative commentator questioned the military\u2019s priorities for championing a new flight suit for pregnant women. Carlson\u2019s critique sparked blowback from the leadership of the Pentagon. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pentagon-furious-with-tucker-carlson-for-mocking-militarys-gender-obsession\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15.878419452888\">\n<p><em>Fox News host Tucker Carlson took flak from the Pentagon on Thursday for warning that the military worries too much about gender and diversity in the armed forces while China increasingly asserts its dominance in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>John Kirby, the press secretary for the Department of Defense, accused Carlson of \u201c[using]&nbsp;his show to denigrate the contributions of women in the military and to say the Chinese military is catching up to the U.S. military because it does not allow women to serve in the percentage the United States does,\u201d according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Explore\/News\/Article\/Article\/2534159\/press-secretary-smites-fox-host-that-dissed-diversity-in-us-military\/source\/GovDelivery\/\">story<\/a>&nbsp;from DoD News, titled \u201cPress Secretary Smites Fox Host That Dissed Diversity in U.S. Military.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/marine-corps-backtracks-amid-firestorm-over-tweet-calling-tucker-carlson-a-boomer\">U.S. Marines<\/a> launched an investigation after the official Twitter account for the U.S. The II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group posted several tweets attacking Carlson and deriding him as a \u201cboomer\u201d over his remarks. As The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22.364945978391\">\n<p><em>\u201cWhat it looks like in today\u2019s armed forces @TuckerCarlson. Get right before you get left, boomer,\u201d the II MEF IG posted along with a photo of a female soldier carrying another, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/marines-tweet-tucker-carlson-partisan-lloyd-austin\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>. In another post responding to a critical Twitter user, the unit\u2019s official account said, \u201ccome back when you\u2019ve served and been pregnant.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The U.S. Marine Corps later walked back the posts after taking heat for launching \u201cpolitical attacks\u201d against a civilian and media figure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe unit is currently reviewing their internal procedures for social media posts. While the post was intended to show support for women in the military, it was not executed according to the standards of decorum expected on the Marine Corps\u2019 social media platforms,\u201d a spokesperson for the Marines told the Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Defense is investigating the head of the U.S. Special Operations Command\u2019s office of diversity and inclusion for posting anti-Trump content to social media.The Pentagon announced last week &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311307,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4243.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Defense Department Investigating Diversity And Inclusion Chief For Posts Comparing Trump To Hitler","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4243.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Defense Department Investigating Diversity And Inclusion Chief For Posts Comparing Trump To Hitler","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}