January 11, 2023

MSNBC's Joy Reid confronted Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) over the Republican promise to investigate and defund the military. The Congressman couldn't give an actual answer to what "woke polices" the military is supposedly using that needs to be investigated and cut from the budget.

Donalds was nominated to be the Republican Speaker of the House when the Freedom Caucus bozos were holding out on voting for Kevin McCarthy so he thinks he has something going on.

During their interview, the Florida Congressman ranted about the Department of Defense.

"One of the reasons we have to get into some woke policies at the Department of Defense is because recruitment is down at the Department of Defense," he said.

Donalds claimed since recruitment is down an investigation is needed at the DOD.

What is really needed is a new PR campaign for the military, obviously. So Reid cut in.

"Hold on a second. Hold on. What are woke policies at the Department of Defense?" she asked.

"If there are issues at the Department of Defense that are decreasing recruitment because the numbers are crystal clear at this point, and we have many members of our military who have complained about some of the programs that going on at DOD, we have a responsibility to get to the bottom of that," Donalds spewed, using as many words as he could in as short a time as possible.

It was a long-winded attempt to not answer the question. His talking points were a bust and so he transitioned out of his "woke military" lie into attacking our Social Safety nets.

"My friend Jody Arrington wants to look into the budget and also look into entitlements. Do you know Social Security is going to be insolvent in 2035," he lied.

Reid burst in, " That's not true. It's actually not true." Social Security has a $2 trillion surplus.

One lie atop another added by the new member of HUAC subcommittee.

That's the Republican House agenda.

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