{"id":540119,"date":"2021-05-25T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540119"},"modified":"2021-05-25T14:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:50:41","slug":"trump-supporters-unequivocally-support-extremism-according-to-pentagon-official-overseeing-efforts-to-root-out-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporters-unequivocally-support-extremism-according-to-pentagon-official-overseeing-efforts-to-root-out-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Supporters Unequivocally Support Extremism, According To Pentagon Official Overseeing Efforts To Root Out Extremism"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ftrump-supporters-unequivocally-support-extremism-according-to-pentagon-official-overseeing-efforts-to-root-out-extremism%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=540119&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\/05\/Bishop-Garrison-scaled-e1621964441423.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The leader of a Pentagon working group overseeing efforts to root out domestic extremists in the military tweeted in 2019 that any supporter of former President Donald Trump unequivocally supports extremism and racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupport for him, a racist, is support for ALL his beliefs,\u201d Bishop Garrison, who was appointed by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to lead the Countering Extremism Working Group (CEWG), tweeted in July 2019 in reference to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s dragging a lot of bad actors (misogynist, extremists, other racists) out into the light, normalizing their actions,\u201d Garrison, an Army veteran, tweeted. \u201cIf you support the President, you support that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no room for nuance with this,\u201d he added. \u201cThere is no more \u2018but I\u2019m not like that\u2019 talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.419243986254\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Silence from our Congressional leaders is complicity. He is only going to get worse from here, &amp; his party and its leadership are watching it happen while doing nothing to stop it. Support for him, a racist, is support for ALL his beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bishop Garrison (@BishopGarrison) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BishopGarrison\/status\/1155283103025369094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" readability=\"13.420382165605\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He\u2019s dragging a lot of bad actors (misogynist, extremists, other racists) out into the light, normalizing their actions. If you support the President, you support that. There is no room for nuance with this. There is no more \u201cbut I\u2019m not like that\u201d talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bishop Garrison (@BishopGarrison) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BishopGarrison\/status\/1155284928323620864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CEWG, under Garrison\u2019s leadership, is tasked with reviewing and updating the Defense Department\u2019s definition of prohibited extremist activities among uniformed military personnel, Austin said in an April 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000178-b7d3-d5c5-affc-f7d714940000\">memorandum<\/a> to senior Pentagon leadership.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/30\/tammy-duckworth-pentagon-military-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Duckworth Suggests Monitoring Social Media To Stop \u2018Growing Radicalization\u2019 In Military)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CEWG will also oversee military department secretaries as they update and standardize screening questionnaires for service members to solicit any current or previous extremist behavior, Austin\u2019s memo stated.<\/p>\n<p>Garrison also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/2\/12\/22279860\/pentagon-garrison-diversity-adviser-austin-white-extremism\">serves<\/a> as a senior advisor to Austin on matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the defense department.<\/p>\n<p>Garrison worked as a foreign policy advisor on Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign, according to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bishopgarrison\/\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>. Prior to joining the Defense Department in February, Garrison worked as a director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanrightsfirst.org\/sites\/default\/files\/HRF_Standalone_Ch.4_v6.pdf\">Human Rights First<\/a>, a nonprofit seeking to demilitarize law enforcement and root out white supremacy in the military.<\/p>\n<p>Garrison is a <a href=\"https:\/\/inkstickmedia.com\/racism-is-an-existential-threat\/\">vocal advocate<\/a> for the 1619 Project, defending it against criticisms from historians in a 2019 essay calling extremism, racist policies and white supremacy existential threats to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The CEWG is reportedly designing a social media screening program that will \u201ccontinuously\u201d monitor active military personnel for \u201cconcerning behaviors,\u201d according to documents obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/05\/17\/military-pentagon-extremism-social-media\/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Intercept<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The social media monitoring program will circumvent First Amendment restrictions by utilizing a private surveillance firm, a senior Pentagon official told The Intercept.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said reports that Garrison\u2019s working group is operating a social media monitoring program were false during a May 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Newsroom\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/2622606\/pentagon-press-secretary-conducts-on-camera-press-briefing\/\">press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no pilot program ring run by Mr. Garrison or the extremist working group to \u2014 to examine social media,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Garrison is leading the extremist working group on a number of efforts to try to help us come to grips with learning how \u2014 what the scope and scale of the problem of extremist activity in the ranks really is, and helping us divine some potential solutions, going forward,\u201d Kirby added.<\/p>\n<p>The Defense Department did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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