{"id":578978,"date":"2021-07-01T15:05:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=578978"},"modified":"2021-07-01T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:05:52","slug":"cotton-critical-race-theory-has-most-corrosive-influence-on-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-critical-race-theory-has-most-corrosive-influence-on-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton: Critical Race Theory Has \u2018Most Corrosive\u2019 Influence on 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\">20<\/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%2Fcotton-critical-race-theory-has-most-corrosive-influence-on-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=578978&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 readability=\"28.444444444444\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Senator demands course correction on woke politics breaching the military<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Cotton-736x515-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3437.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cotton-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cotton-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Cotton-702x491.jpg 702w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tSen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/jack-beyrer\/\" title=\"Posts by Jack Beyrer\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Jack Beyrer<\/a> \u2022 July 1, 2021 2:50 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"81.695550351288\">\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) said during a Heritage Foundation event on Thursday that critical race theory will have the &#8220;most corrosive&#8221; influence on the military if left unchecked.<\/p>\n<p>The Arkansas senator, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said critical race theory&#8217;s presence in the armed forces may merit additional scrutiny, and that he may question military officers up for senior promotions about their views on the controversial theory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I may start probing nominees to be promoted to the ranks of O-7 to O-10 on their views on it,&#8221; Cotton said. &#8220;Military nominations are handled at the staff level, so there\u2019s not a deep review of them unless there\u2019s a red flag\u2026. Maybe it\u2019s time to change that. Maybe it\u2019s time to ensure our flag officers subscribe to those very basic principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence or Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u2018I Have a Dream\u2019 speech.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come as critical race theory seeps into the military. A reading list <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/navy-reading-list-includes-anti-racism-book-for-sailors\/\">put out<\/a> by chief of naval operations Adm. Michael Gilday included books on so-called systemic racism. And military service academies like West Point and the Naval Academy have introduced diversity training materials and instituted standards that <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/military-service-academies-go-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apply<\/a> concepts of the radical theory.<\/p>\n<p>Joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen. Mark Milley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/republicans-joint-chiefs-chairman-critical-race-theory-congress\/2021\/06\/23\/84654c34-d451-11eb-9f29-e9e6c9e843c6_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/republicans-joint-chiefs-chairman-critical-race-theory-congress\/2021\/06\/23\/84654c34-d451-11eb-9f29-e9e6c9e843c6_story.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1625246818281000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzqDbMbvvqOFDYxyVIr2XKaFqGRg\">told<\/a> lawmakers in a June hearing the use of such materials is not at odds with the military&#8217;s mission and could even help service members. &#8220;I want to understand white rage,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m white.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Waltz (R., Fla.), who initiated the exchange with Milley, later <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/capitol-voices\/congressmanmichaelwaltz\/2021\/07\/01\/general-milley-is-wrong-about-critical-race-theory-n2591882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/townhall.com\/capitol-voices\/congressmanmichaelwaltz\/2021\/07\/01\/general-milley-is-wrong-about-critical-race-theory-n2591882&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1625246818281000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFU4IJUoMBbOiK6QWtc5E4xZX3f3Q\">said<\/a> the top general&#8217;s view was &#8220;wrong and misinformed,&#8221; since proponents of critical race theory often argue the only way to &#8220;combat racism is with racism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cotton, a former Army Ranger, and Navy SEAL veteran Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) set up an anonymous <a href=\"https:\/\/crenshaw.house.gov\/whistleblower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tip line<\/a> for service members in May to report critical race theory in the ranks of the armed forces. The tip line, Cotton said, has already received hundreds of comments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the troops who have been contacting us\u2014sometimes veterans and family members of troops\u2014are all deeply concerned about it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The military is one of the most important institutions in our society. They don\u2019t just play a kid\u2019s game for money or sell sugary beverages. The institution that keeps us free and safe makes almost everything else possible in our country and protects our way of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Senator demands course correction on woke politics breaching the military  Sen. 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