Pentagon Press Secretary Denies The U.S. Military Is Becoming 'Woke'

"I think a lot of it is driving a stake through a strawman" -- Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on Fox News' concerns about "wokeness" in the military pic.twitter.com/fWc9tMM0b8

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FOX News: Pentagon spox John Kirby dismisses concerns about 'wokeness' in the military: 'ridiculous'  

Kirby called the concerns a 'straw man' argument 

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby dismissed concerns about "wokeness" in the U.S. military as "ridiculous" on Sunday when Fox News' Dana Perino pressed him on it. 

Perino noted "some criticism in the U.S. military that perhaps there's too much of a left-ward tilt or a wokeness in our military when we face really determined adversaries, committed adversaries in China, Russia, Iran, who maybe don't have those same kind of pressures." 

"How do you respond to those criticisms?" she asked.  

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Pentagon Press Secretary Denies The U.S. Military Is Becoming 'Woke' 

Pentagon spokesman hits back at claims of ‘wokeness’ in US military -- The Independent  

John Kirby Calls Criticisms Of ‘Wokeness’ In US Military ‘Ridiculous,’ Sen. Cotton Disagrees -- Daily Caller  

‘Ridiculous’: Pentagon Spox John Kirby Bristles at Question From Fox’s Dana Perino About ‘Wokeness in the Military’ -- Mediaite  

Pentagon Spox Kirby: Claims About Wokeness in the Military ‘Ridiculous’ -- Breitbart