Pete Hegseth Ends “Woke” Military Program...

[Always in His Presence]

Further proof is found in the title of the thread -

Pete Hegseth Ends “Woke” Military Program...​

 

[iluvatar5150]

In 2023 - while Biden was President - not Trump How does it pertain? it is the SAME Act you are castigating Trump for - same name - same identifier. That is how it pertains to it.

Right similar to - but NOT the Act passed in 2017 - that is the point that is so very inconvenient to your accusation

Pete Hegseth (who is still there), is not being challenged for changing the ACT - why? Because he didn't - he ended the program passed in 2023 that amplified DEI policies. See the mocking posts in the beginning of this thread have fallen completely apart when you realize the truth.

Again, that 2023 plan was at State, not DOD.

But to your main point - Hegseth's original Twitter post did not at all make a distinction between the 2017 law and subsequent implementations of it. It was only two hours after his initial post, and after multiple respondents pointed out that the law was signed by Trump that he tried to make a distinction between the original law that he deemed okay, and Biden's alleged "weaponization" and "ruin[ing]" of it.

One wonders why, if the original law was okay, he didn't just rework the implementation instead of casting aspersions on his boss' work.

 

[FireDragon76]

Still bothers you, aye. There are probably a lot more parents of the young liberals today who fit into this category.

I don't know about that. There have always been plenty of Republicans. My family was Republican going back to the 19th century, at least on my father's side. FWIW, Hillary Clinton also came from a similar Republican family, but her politics changed in the late 1960's, and she aligned more with the New Left, which focused on peace activism and human rights/human development. Before the gradual shift starting in the 60's with Barry Goldwater, Republicans had been a big tent political party, mostly made of business interests (small and large), African Americans, the descendants of white yeoman farmers (like my own family) in the Midwest, Appalachia, and the Ozarks, and a few lingering holdouts from the Progressive era in the late 19th and early 20th century.

As the Republican Party began its change after Goldwater and started to become narrowly ideological, more moderates left. My parents never left, they changed as the party changed, despite once being political moderates themselves (they used to be pro-choice Republicans, which was a fairly common stance at one time). Probably because they have always been very tribalistic about their politics, something that goes back to at least my grandfather.

 

[Nithavela]

I have no problems with people changing political parties. My problem is with politicians changing party affiliation in order to be elected then rebranding the party to a personality cult. Reagan switched parties but behaved like and embraced what the Republican party once stood for.

People were craving to buy what Trump is offering anyway.

 

[Always in His Presence]

One wonders why, if the original law was okay, he didn't just rework the implementation instead of casting aspersions on his boss' work.

He didn't read the title of the thread - yeesh, how many times does it have to be said -

Pete Hegseth (he is still there) did not - change the law passed in 2017 - he doesn't have the ability to and no one is saying he did. He ended the PROGRAM (read the title and OP) from 2023.