Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy crushed liberal media on Friday after one of his favorite claims, that the military is infiltrated by right-wing white supremacists, collapsed.
In late December, the Pentagon released its long-awaited report on “domestic extremism” in the military, drawing on a two-year taxpayer-funded investigation, interviews with more than 100 defense officials and experts, government surveys, and papers. , and other data, the “problem” didn't actually exist.
If anything, the report, conducted by the Institute for Defense Analyses, says that “growing polarization and division within the military may be a greater risk than the radicalization of a small number of service members.” There is.
ramaswami slammed The media reported on this claim for two years even though there was little evidence.
“For years, the media has been endlessly hyping stories about 'white supremacy' and 'extremism' within the US military,” Ramaswamy said in a tweet. “Was it true? No. It was a completely baseless joke. In fact, the Biden administration shamed itself by commissioning a report saying extremism does not exist and then releasing it the day after Christmas.” I am calling on the following news organizations to retract and apologize for slandering American military personnel as white supremacists.”
For years, the media endlessly hyped stories of “white supremacy” and “extremism” within the U.S. military. Was it true? no. It was a completely baseless joke. In fact, the Biden administration has had a report produced that reveals extremism does not exist, which is shameful…
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRAmaswamy) January 5, 2024
Ramaswamy tagged NBC News Axios, Vice and the Boston Globe.
NBC News reported heading: “Department of Defense report warns of threat from white supremacists within the military” (February 2021 before commission of inquiry).A few weeks later, Axios Story The title is “Department of Defense Report: Domestic Extremism poses a serious threat to the military.''
VICE News made sweeping claims about the presence of extremism in their ranks. video Work: “American Terrorism: The Military's Problem with Extremism within the Classes.”
boston globe published In July, an article titled “'Single biggest threat to national security': Military extremism alarms experts.”
It is not only the media that went along with such reports, but perhaps Democratic politicians are also responsible for stirring up trouble. letter It was sent to the Pentagon alleging that “white supremacists have joined the military and infiltrated its ranks.”
“The spread of white supremacist ideology is dangerous to our military and threatens to destroy the civil-military security necessary to our democracy,” the letter said. (Related article: Another big media fever dream came crashing down on Christmas. Almost no one noticed.)
Additionally, in December 2021, the Pentagon will ban military personnel from engaging in so-called “extremist activities,” such as simply “liking” anything deemed to be extremist views on social media. A number of new regulations were issued.
The regulations did not specify what constituted an extremist organization or message, leaving it up to the commander in charge.
A May 2023 RAND Corporation study found that military veterans are less likely than the general public to support far-right and far-left extremist groups. The RAND Corporation found no evidence to support the claim that military veterans are more likely to be members of extremist groups than the average American.
