Here it is:
The single most shocking testimony in United States congressional history.
The Biden-Harris terrorist administration plotted the takedown of the United States military—and the Constitutional Republic of the United States.
Senate confirms Lt. Col. Commander Matthew Lohmeier - fired under the Biden-Harris terrorist administration - as Under Secretary of the Air Force, 52-46
Space Force Lt. Col. Commander Matthew Lohmeier: “I’m here to testify about the ongoing Marxist-inspired efforts to subvert and weaken our military and broader American society.
I’m an Air Force Academy graduate, a former F-15C fighter pilot, and was a lieutenant colonel and commander in the Space Force. In 2021, I was fired from my command for writing a book and trying to reverse the trend of the overt politicization of the uniformed services. Specifically, I criticized the military’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, which at my own base was occurring despite an executive order from the Commander in Chief.
The diversity, equity, and inclusion industry is steeped in critical race theory and is rooted in anti-American Marxist ideology. I watched DEI training divide our troops ideologically and, in some cases, sow the seeds of animosity toward the very country they had sworn an oath to defend.
Before writing that book, I submitted a formal written complaint to the Space Force IG’s office detailing that such violations were occurring, including illegal race-based discrimination. However, my complaint was never investigated and was later dismissed by then-Lieutenant General Stephen Whiting, who the Senate had just confirmed for his fourth star. After two months, I received a written dismissal of my complaint from General Whiting.
Personally, I have always advocated for a nonpolitical military work environment. Today, I’m here to testify about the ongoing Marxist-inspired efforts to subvert and weaken our military and broader American society.
We often refer to these efforts as “wokeism,” but it is also a culture war. Yet even in this committee, there are differing views about whether there is such a thing as a culture war underway. Some members of this committee have been outspoken critics of DEI initiatives, including CRT, drag shows on military bases, trans activism, LGBTQ pride celebrations, and woke military recruiting videos—all of which are visible components of an ongoing culture war.
Ranking Member Garcia, as he mentioned, on the other hand, asserted as recently as two weeks ago that culture wars are, quote-unquote, “phony” and merely a political talking point of Republicans.
It is nothing short of incredible for a member of this subcommittee to assert that culture wars are phony, while another member—who is not present at the moment—is part of the so-called progressive squad and was herself a Black Lives Matter organizer and activist, an organization whose publicly avowed ideology is Marxism and whose activist ambition is social and cultural revolution.
Service members who wear the uniform of their country do not want to see these things in the military workplace. They do not want to see them at their bases. In most cases, this is true regardless of their race or political worldview.
Despite that reality, Pentagon officials requested $140 million to expand diversity initiatives in fiscal year 2024—double what it was over the previous two years.
There are few things taxpayers, such as myself, consider less essential to the mission of the United States military than expanding diversity mandates and ideological training.
And now, an important point: such strongly opposed ideological worldviews competing for institutionalization through policy epitomize and formalize what is properly termed a culture war. The fact that these debates now affect the U.S. military workplace is an offense to people like me who love their country and respect all people regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or background.”