Senior Leaders Should Stay Out of ‘Culture Wars’ on Social Media, Army Secretary Says – By Steve Beynon (Military.com) / Oct 10, 2022
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Monday she is concerned about a public perception that the service’s top leadership is partisan following an inspector general investigation of a general who stood up to right-wing criticism of women in the military on Twitter.
Wormuth, who spoke to reporters at an annual Army conference, said the service needs to have a “broad appeal” to attract new recruits and that senior leaders are expected to remain out of polarized politics and use good judgment online.
Public controversy erupted this month after the Army watchdog investigation found Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe’s Twitter bouts with Fox News host Tucker Carlson and other right-wing personalities online — posts defending female troops — were in poor taste and drew unwanted national attention to the service, according to a copy of the report reviewed by Military.com.
