Recruitment in our newly woke military is down across every division and the leaders of our armed forces don’t know why or are pretending not to know why.

The reasons are obvious to millions of average of Americans, some who served and even those who did not.

The people who would normally enlist have been demonized by the woke left which the military now celebrates. The COVID vaccine mandates are also playing a role.

This is not difficult to understand.

PJ Media reports:

America’s Military Leaders Swear ‘Wokeness’ Isn’t Reason Why Recruitment Sucks

The U.S. Army’s recruitment goal is at a three-year-low — down by so many military recruits that the missing troops represent an entire division of soldiers. But members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff swear woke politics has nothing to do with it.

Some congressional representatives disagree, which is why an Armed Services Committee hearing is set for Thursday about the impact of Joe Biden’s Army’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs on America’s “readiness, lethality, and cohesion of the military forces.”

The Army’s recruiting travails are so dire, and “today’s young Americans appear to be less interested in enlisting in the Army than they’ve been at almost any point in the last 50 years,” when Nixon ended the draft and instituted an all-volunteer force following the Vietnam bug out. The Army is bringing back the “Be All You Can Be” slogan re-tooled for the Gen Z audience…

Antipathy toward people with more conservative views has been underway for quite some time but was supercharged after Jan. 6, 2021, when it was assumed those who breached the Capitol Building were all Trump supporters and by extension conservatives. Some who went to see Trump’s speech that day were military veterans…

The military’s focus on DEI, which depends on Critical Race Theory, does little for esprit de corps and unit cohesion and nothing for the meritocracy the military has been known for. That’s a sea change likely to have the same disastrous results for the military as it has for education and banking.

This is a major national security issue.

Biden’s woke agenda comes at the expense of our military’s readiness.

— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) March 23, 2023

The woke brass need to be cleaned out of the military. Not kidding. Not exaggerating. This should be a top priority when the GOP gets the White House back. https://t.co/sJIKBz0cUA

— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 23, 2023

Remember this? The traitor says “I wanna understand white rage, and I’m white.” Milley is a woke joke – An embarrassment to what our Military used to stand for. pic.twitter.com/LuRasRx2Op

— ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) March 17, 2023

None of the woke nonsense helps the military achieve its main goal of protecting America.

It’s dangerous.

The post Clueless Leaders Don’t Understand Why Recruitment for Woke Military is Down appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

We recently reported that the state of Minnesota is considering adopting ranked choice voting, a process that favors the left and works against conservative candidates.

Now the state of South Dakota has banned the practice and Idaho may do the same.

The more states that reject this method of voting, the better.

The Federalist reports:

South Dakota Bans Ranked-Choice Voting In Elections, And Idaho Could Be Next

South Dakota scored a major win for election integrity on Tuesday by becoming the first state in 2023 to ban ranked-choice voting (RCV) in elections, with Idaho potentially following suit.

On Tuesday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed SB 55, which stipulates that the state’s board of elections “may not authorize” and political subdivisions “may not adopt or enforce” in any manner “a rule, resolution, charter provision, or ordinance establishing” a ranked-choice voting system. The bill received overwhelming support in the state’s House of Representatives (63-5) and Senate (31-4).

“South Dakota’s election laws are built with integrity. We have one of the best election systems in the nation,” Noem said in a statement. With laws such as SB 55, “we will further strengthen our fantastic system and provide accountability for the future.”

In addition to South Dakota, Florida and Tennessee banned the use of RCV in state elections last year. On RCV ballots, voters rank their options rather than choosing only one. RCV tends to boost leftist candidates and often leads to confusing and even inaccurate election outcomes, as The Federalist has reported.

Meanwhile, Idaho Republicans put their state one step closer to banning the confusing system following the state Senate’s passage (28-7) of HB 179 on Tuesday. The measure had previously cleared the House of Representatives (56-12-2) earlier this month and will soon head to Republican Gov. Brad Little’s desk for approval. Little did not respond to The Federalist’s request for comment on whether he intends to sign the bill.

This is great news.

Ranked-Choice Voting will never be part of South Dakota elections.

I signed a bill to ban this process, and I signed 11 other bills to make our election laws the strongest in the nation. pic.twitter.com/92HiDJ07QY

— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) March 22, 2023

Every state should ban this practice. It undermines our elections process, as if we needed any more of that.

The post South Dakota Bans Ranked Choice Voting Which Favors the Left and Idaho Might be Next appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.