Did anyone catch the feud between Tucker Carlson and the United States Marines Corps the past few days?
If you didn’t, Tucker criticized Biden’s maternity suits and the feminization of the U.S. military.
Tucker Carlson Segment From A Few Nights Back That The Left Is Whining About Today: Joe Biden Is Making A Mockery Of The United States Military
Tucker Discusses How China Is Focusing On Cultivating Masculinity In Their Military While The U.S. Military Embraces Woke Politics. pic.twitter.com/Pi9O6C7tOF
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) March 11, 2021
And many active military members didn’t take too kindly to Tucker’s comments and accused him of misogyny.
In the 1990s, I commanded the top ship in the Atlantic Fleet both with an all male crew and, for the first time, with a mixed gender crew. USS Barry was a better ship with women on board. Together we won the Battenberg cup as the best worship https://t.co/IRZn8UKZip
— Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. (@stavridisj) March 12, 2021
https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1370104816962273281
And one high-ranking officer released this clip to respond to Tucker’s comments.
https://twitter.com/US_SpaceComCSEL/status/1370041512894025729
First off, why does the military care what a private citizen thinks?
Shouldn’t they be focused on matters that actually impact the safety of this country?
Like the CCP.
Not an American conservative news reporter.
All this shows is that our military is becoming politicized.
And that’s a dangerous precedent.
If our military shows a clear political bias and contempt for their political adversaries, we’re heading down a dark path.
And after tons of pushback, the same officer tried to walk back his comments:
Look how hard he is trying to walk back his political opinions
This is what as scared, terrified person looks like when they’ve been caught and are trying to act like everything’s still ok https://t.co/3iKhKUaZMR
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 13, 2021
But the political attacks from a clear leftist & woke military only continued.
This tweet sparked a firestorm of outrage on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iimigofficial/status/1370373548045430786
More blatant political attacks against a private citizen from our military.
These are troubling signs of the direction we’re heading.
Here’s some of the blowback on Twitter:
As a former Officer in the US Navy I am disgusted by these social media tiffs being played out like middle school kids by our Military. This unbecoming behavior starts at the top of the Pentagon and reflects a military driven by political bias rather than duty to the Constitution https://t.co/Zy6FOpTkdQ
— Hammy ✈🇺🇲 (@e2pilot) March 13, 2021
+2 points to the Pentagon for demonstrating that it has the capability to mobilize a whole-of-military approach to contesting an adversary in the information space. Finally! However several 1000 points off for selecting as that adversary a US media figure who criticized them. https://t.co/03YoYH76we
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) March 13, 2021
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 13, 2021
Hi @CMC_MarineCorps! Are these official statements from the @iimigofficial about how the Marines view US civilians? pic.twitter.com/FeMU613cn9
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 13, 2021
An official @DeptofDefense @USMC account singling out and threatening an American citizen.
I guess @SecDef is too busy cashing in his defense stock millions to do his damned job. https://t.co/FnuD7d2iX9
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) March 13, 2021
I am a retired Navy SEAL Senior Chief with 5 combat tours.
Regardless of what a private American citizen said on a TV SHOW, your remarks are completely inappropriate to send from an official account. https://t.co/sA03Id8xlk
— Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) March 13, 2021
Military was last institution with credibility. Even after decades of mismanaged wars. 50 days of Biden, they're completely destroying their credibility, going to war against and lying about a journalist who said Biden was too focused on identity politics instead of China. Scary. https://t.co/HSRPggsRO7
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) March 13, 2021
If you were under my command you and your troops would be standing at attention in front of me right now so you could accept your court martial charges and they could witness it. Who the hell is in command of these buffoons? https://t.co/x7B4aLDJbR
— Col. Rob Maness ret. 🇺🇸 (@RobManess) March 13, 2021
This is from the official Marine Corps. If this is what our fighting force is focused on we are going to become a fucking laughing stock. I love our military but if it is focused on a television host and, laughably, maternity uniforms we are in for some ass kickings. https://t.co/BXGBp3Logr
— Carmine Sabia 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 (@CarmineSabia) March 13, 2021
You have lost your minds making opinion comments about a civilian using an official @DeptofDefense account.
Now using female Marines to prop yourself up as some type of heros?
Tucker was right. Discussing maternity uniforms at a ceremony for 2 female Generals was embarrassing. https://t.co/w82Ks3hq03
— Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff (@JessieJaneDuff) March 13, 2021
After the emotional tirade, analysts referenced a USMC study that researched men & women in combat units:
The Marine’s own study found that combat units are faster and more lethal if they don’t have any women. That was your study. Your conclusion. Now you’re condemning a civilian for agreeing with it. This is a disgrace. The people responsible for this tweet should be fired. https://t.co/XqT3fsbacC
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 13, 2021
Are we allowed to post this pic.twitter.com/BWaR51Ukot
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 14, 2021
And our military’s surrender to wokeness & identity politics has already shown to weaken their strength.
In case you missed it, there were simulated war games conducted and the results didn’t look pretty for the U.S. military:
US war games over China warn of likely defeat https://t.co/mzBud0wM1R
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 14, 2021
This is why the military is melting down over a TV host pic.twitter.com/AQARhGMIlS
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 14, 2021
Our military is more concerned about silencing conservative critics than fighting the real enemy abroad.
And under a Biden Administration, this is only going to get worse.
The Post Millennial reported on the USMC-Tucker feud:
The US military has done more to discredit itself by attacking Fox News’ Tucker Carlson than twenty years of military failures in the Middle East.
Earlier this week, Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson took the hatchet to the military by criticizing their virtue signaling with the introduction of a jumpsuit for expectant mothers (sorry, “pregnant people”) in the military, pointing out that it would be foolhardy to send pregnant women into the front lines. He also questioned Biden’s update of military grooming standards to be “feminine.”
In his remarks, Carlson pointed out how the Chinese military had been gearing up for the “masculine” expansion of its naval fleet, an initiative Chinese media outlets proudly reported.
In response, US Space Command’s Senior Enlisted Leader, Marine Corps Mastery Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker responded in an angry video condemning Tucker Carlson for his remarks, pointing out through a strawman argument that women were a valuable element of the US military — a point that Carlson himself never opposed in his remarks about the military.
Furthermore, the Department of Defense issued a BuzzFeed-like statement as an official press release, ‘smiting’ the conservative host.
“I want to be very clear right up front, that the diversity of our military is one of our greatest strengths,” said Pentagon press secretary John F. Kirby, a retired Navy rear admiral, on Thursday. “I’ve seen it for myself in long months at sea and in the combat waged by our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ve seen it up on Capitol Hill just this past month. And I see it every day here right at the Pentagon.”
Following some back-and-forth on social media, the US Marines II MEF Information Group published its own statement to condemn Carlson, a civilian, with a photograph of a female soldier lifting another trooper on her back.
“What it looks like in today’s armed forces @TuckerCarlson,” remarked the official government account. “Get it right before you get left, boomer”
The military account followed up its remarks with an attack on critics who told it to “please focus on China and not Tucker Carlson,” stating, “Come back when you’ve served and been pregnant.” Numerous military veterans chimed in to condemn the military account following its remarks, prompting several apologies.
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