Marines under fire for ‘absolutely unacceptable’ tweet slamming Tucker Carlson

The group also responded to a Twitter user who told the account to focus on China, saying, “Come back when you’ve served and been pregnant.”

The comments were met with widespread condemnation from conservatives, with Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson calling for those involved to “resign in disgrace or be discharged.”

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Former Virginia congressman and Navy SEAL Scott Taylor said the behavior was “unacceptable and appalling” and called for the Marines involved to be held to account.

Reporter Ryan Saavedra said it was an “absolute embarrassment” and blamed President Biden for turning the military into a “political weapon.”

Rep. Rick Crawford, an Arkansas Republican who serves on the House Intelligence Committee and served in the Army, said the military had changed and is no longer the same organization he and his family served in.

Conservative commentator Matt Walsh cited a 2015 Marine Corps study that found all-male combat units were faster, more lethal, and quicker to evacuate casualties than co-ed units in his condemnation of the “boomer” tweet.

A spokesman for the U.S. Marine Corps told the Washington Examiner that “the unit is currently reviewing their internal procedures for social media posts. While the post was intended to show support for women in the military, it was not executed according to the standards of decorum expected on the Marine Corps’ social media platforms.”

The tweet stems from a Tucker Carlson Tonight segment in which the conservative firebrand said the U.S. military was becoming “more feminine” while China’s armed forces were becoming more masculine. Carlson said Biden is focused on disseminating “identity politics” into the military in his Wednesday monologue.

“The rest of us depend on the U.S. military to protect our families and to protect the country itself. Joe Biden doesn’t see it that way. Finding the most effective military pilots, or infantry officers, or SEAL teams, is not his priority. It’s not even close to his priority. Identity politics is Joe Biden’s priority. It’s all that matters,” Carlson told his audience.

“For centuries, our military has been self-consciously nonpartisan. In a democracy, it has to be that way. No country can survive if its armed forces become the tool of a specific political party. We know that because it happens all the time, all over the world, and the consequences are always horrifying. It has never happened here. However, Lloyd Austin is openly political.”

The Defense Department responded to Carlson’s comments with a statement titled “Press Secretary Smites Fox Host That Dissed Diversity in U.S. Military.”

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“We are better and more effective, not only when we represent the American people, all the American people, but also when we have the morals to include other perspectives and ideas,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in response to the segment. “A major and specific contributor to that advantage are the women who serve, civilian and military alike.”

The senior enlisted leader of Space Command, Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott Stalker, also responded to Carlson, suggesting Carlson’s opinion was uninformed because the longtime television host has never served in the military.