The Biden administration is struggling with military readiness and recruitment because it put "political fads" and woke ideology ahead of the "mission" of defending Americans, Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis told Newsmax.
"For the first time in my life, I have veterans coming up to me all the time, saying 'You know, I don't know that I want my kid or grandkid to join today's military," DeSantis, a U.S. Navy and Iraq War veteran, said Thursday on "The Chris Salcedo Show."
"It's become a petri dish for social experimentation. They're putting political fads over military readiness.