Gaetz Grills Defense Secretary Wbout Wokeism in Fiery Exchange

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58% : Under further questioning, Austin again denied embracing socialism.
56% : "Secretary Austin, why should American taxpayers fund lectures at the National Defense University that promote socialism as a strategy to combat China?"
55% : He added, "Would you agree that embracing socialism is not an effective strategy to combat China?"Austin said he "certainly" did not agree with "embracing' socialism before top Democrat and Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) tried to interrupt the questioning.
51% : Specifically, Gaetz demanded an answer on why the Pentagon's National Defense University, which is funded by U.S. taxpayers, hosted a lecture in February on why socialism was the answer to combatting China.
43% : "While everyone else in the world seems to be developing capabilities and being more strategic, we got time to embrace critical race theory at West Point, to embrace socialism at the National Defense University, to do mandatory pronoun training," he said.

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