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In case you weren’t conscious, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been working round eliminating navy heroes from DOD web sites as a result of they don’t seem to be white.
A gaggle of enraged Senate Democrats who served within the navy led by Tammy Duckworth, SASC Rating Member Jack Reed, SVAC Rating Member Richard Blumenthal, Mark Kelly, and Ruben Gallego issued a joint assertion blasting Trump and Musk:
Republicans declare they need our navy to stay the best preventing pressure on the planet—however as an alternative of specializing in enhancing our navy readiness or countering overseas adversaries like China, Donald Trump and unelected billionaire Elon Musk are waging a pointless, counter-productive tradition conflict that’s hurting our navy and denigrating the service of American heroes.
We ought to be celebrating the heroes who’ve made our navy stronger, permitting them to encourage the subsequent technology to serve and defend our nation. By eradicating the data of People who bravely answered the decision to serve our nation in uniform, the Trump Administration is worsening our navy’s recruitment disaster—discouraging eligible People from volunteering to serve and sending a message that their service to our nation will not be welcomed.
