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Religion Unplugged notes that of the over 720 people charged so far for crimes in relation to the events of Jan. 6, 81 are former or current service members, a fact that has come as no surprise to MRFF Founder and President Mikey Weinstein and MRFF Advisory Board Member Col. (ret.) Lawrence Wilkerson, both of whom are quoted in the article:
“We’ve warned the military about it, but those warnings have gone unheeded,” Weinstein said. “Oftentimes, we have found there are individuals with extremist views that are joining the military because they want to spread those views. We had some in the current Biden administration applaud us for what they are doing, but they themselves are afraid to speak out about Christian nationalism.”
“The Secretary of Defense sent out a clear edict to eliminate extremism and through vetting and other measures,” said Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired U.S. Army colonel and chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell. “I have watched for months after he sent out notice, and at lower levels, we really haven’t seen anything been implemented. Such policies have to be comprehensively and consistently implemented.”
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