DeSantis: Global Warming Efforts Hurt Military Morale

Florida Politics reports:

Ron DeSantis told a crowd in West Des Moines Tuesday of several issues of social consciousness that he believes are keeping people from signing up for the U.S. Armed Forces.

“And it pains me when we see revered institutions like our very own military become more concerned with matters that are not central to the mission, whether it’s global warming or gender ideology or pronouns, morale is declining, and recruiting is suffering. We need to eliminate these distractions, and we need to get focused on the core mission at hand,” DeSantis said Tuesday.

This continues a series of similar critiques from the Governor, who appears to be road-testing a list of grievances.

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.@RonDeSantis now blames ‘global warming’ for military recruitment woes

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