New Study Shows Democrats Will Have to Look Someplace Besides Military Vets for ‘Domestic Extremists’ – By Becky Noble (Red State) / May 24, 2023
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To Democrats and the left, the United States military is kind of a necessary evil. They will concede that the military is needed in the most minimal of capacities, for things like social experiments, such as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and Drag Queen Story Hour on military bases. But for actual protection and defense of the homeland, they would rather not have anything to do with the military. Although, in recent years, the left has discovered that America’s veterans are great for placing the blame for incidents like the Jan. 6 riot, and anything else they want to label “domestic terrorism.” And as we approach Memorial Day, a day where we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, a new study is out that shows that, when it comes to knowing anything about America’s fighting men and women, Democrats are wrong again.
The RAND Corporation is a non-profit firm that conducts Department of Defense research. They recently surveyed 1,000 veterans from all demographics. The results of the survey found that there was no evidence that veterans were more likely to support or be a member of groups labeled as extreme, than any other Americans. The impetus for the study appears to be the supposed number of veterans who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and soon following, a number of Democrat lawmakers pressured Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to call for a “stand down” of the military for 60 days in order to root out the suspected white supremacists and extremists throughout all branches of the military. In 2022, House Democrats still insisted that “Empirical evidence suggests that individuals with military backgrounds have become increasingly involved with violent extremist plots and attacks in recent years.”
