Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin skirmished with Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz over military leadership at a congressional hearing on Tuesday, when Gaetz accused the U.S. of falling behind in military weaponry.
on Tuesday, when Gaetz accused the U.S. of falling behind in military weaponry and making other major missteps because U.S. leaders are too concerned with being "woke."
When Austin said, "The fact that you're embarrassed by your country —," Gaetz cut him off to say, "Oh no, no — I'm embarrassed by your leadership," and he berated Austin, saying, "That is so disgraceful, that you would sit here and equate your failures with the failures of the uniformed service members."
Austin and Gaetz grew more animated toward one another during Gaetz's allotted five minutes of questioning.Later in the hearing, Democratic Congressman Jason Crow of Colorado gave Austin an opportunity to speak about his pride in the U.S. military and address accusations of "wokeism."
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