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From Fox News: More than two dozen members of the House Armed Services Committee demanded answers from the U.S. Army after it acknowledged the veracity of slides in a domestic counterterrorism training module that referenced pro-life groups.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, led the letter to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth expressing outrage and calling for a more thorough explanation for the use of the teaching tools at Fort Liberty, formerly Fort Bragg, in North Carolina.
The letter said the slides indicated members of pro-life organizations could be threats to the safety of military installations and that regalia of such groups, like a pro-life license plate, could potentially indicate terrorism.
According to Banks, the slides date back to the summer of 2023, suggesting they’re not a case of sudden mistaken entry.
“For over a year, someone at Fort Liberty has been teaching our troops that pro-life Americans are terrorists, and the Biden Pentagon didn’t stop it until House Republicans and the public raised the alarm,” Banks announced in outrage.
“I’m an Afghanistan war veteran, and it sickens me to see far-left radicals poisoning our military with this extremist hate. We must get woke activists out of our Armed Forces so that we have a military that’s focused on countering foreign terrorists overseas and not on targeting conservative Americans,” he added.
Watchdog journalist Sam Shoemate posted photos of the slides, along with the following commentary:
An anti-terrorism brief was held on Fort Liberty (Bragg) today where they listed several Pro-Life organizations as “terrorist organizations.”
The slide you see here followed right after a slide about ISIS, a terror group in the Middle East.
The organizations labeled by the army as terror organizations include National Right to Life and Operation Rescue.
They also included a screenshot of a license plate with “IM4IT,” which is a plate many Pro-Life citizens put on their car which implies normal citizens are terrorists if they display this plate.
The slide goes on to mention activities which these organizations participate in which include being Pro-Life, opposing Row v Wade, demonstrating and protesting (a 1st Amendment protected right), “Truth Displays,” and picketing.
They also falsely attribute the bombing of abortion clinics to National Right to Life.
Keep in mind they’re not labeling them as extremist organizations (which would still be crazy), but as terrorist organizations.
The military and Dept of Defense are insanely out of control. Service-members are being indoctrinated to view Pro-Life groups as the enemy.
Some real winners we’ve got here… pic.twitter.com/JoJrTzpI0b
— Lafayette Lee (@Partisan_O) July 11, 2024
Rep. Banks commented on the slides and wrote, “These are real. Ft. Liberty says they were “not vetted.” The Biden DoD has created an environment where far-left wack jobs feel they can get away with teaching our troops that conservative Americans are terrorists and legitimate military targets. We are in dangerous territory.”
These are real. Ft. Liberty says they were “not vetted.”
The Biden DoD has created an environment where far-left wack jobs feel they can get away with teaching our troops that conservative Americans are terrorists and legitimate military targets.
We are in dangerous… https://t.co/TwfLZqJ6we
— Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) July 11, 2024
Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) voiced his disgust over the training slides. Watch:
“This is the woke ideology that the Biden administration…has instilled.”@RepMarkAlford on revelations that Fort Liberty military personnel attended a training session that labeled pro-life groups as terrorist organizations. pic.twitter.com/IhgaEEvmna
— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) July 12, 2024
Lawmakers rip Army brass over training slides suggesting pro-life groups could be tied to terrorism https://t.co/tBuvLrjCU4
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) July 12, 2024
