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9:52Now PlayingRon DeSantis tries new plot to attract voters as he plummets in polls with attacks against a woke military agenda, which has been refuted by the Pentagon, during his interview with Jake Tapper for CNN. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report.
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DeSantis defends Pentagon proposal purging ‘woke’ policy from military
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended his Pentagon plan in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, which would address recruiting woes by stripping the military of so-called “woke” policy.
“You clearly have a problem with recruiting,” DeSantis told Tapper. “And at this level everybody has acknowledged these recruiting levels are at a crisis.”
“Why is that the case? I think it’s because people see the military losing its way, not focusing on the mission, and focusing on a lot of these other things,” the 2024 presidential candidate said.
DeSantis earlier Tuesday unveiled a plan that would eliminate diversity initiatives, punish former military leaders who engage in politics and end programs designed to ready the country’s national defense system for a climate change future."
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