“Wokeness” has infected the American Legion.
The head of an American Legion post in Ohio stepped down on Friday, amid criticism over a decision to turn off a retired officer’s microphone while he was speaking about how freed black slaves honored fallen soldiers just after the civil war.
American Legion leaders in Ohio also suspended the post’s charter and took steps to close it, amid intense backlash over the decision to censor retired Army Lt Col Barnard Kemter.
Save us JD Vance! Save us from this scourge!
“The American Legion department of Ohio does not hold space for members, veterans, or families of veterans who believe that censoring black history is acceptable behavior,” Friend said.
He said the censoring was planned by Garrison and Suchan.
“They knew exactly when to turn the volume down and when to turn it back up,” Friend said.
Suchan said she had reviewed the speech and asked Kemter to remove certain portions. Kemter said he had not seen the suggested changes in time to rewrite his speech.
Kemter, who spent 30 years in the army and served in the Gulf war, told the Beacon Journal he was disappointed organizers silenced two minutes of his 11-minute speech.
His microphone cut out just as began talking about how former slaves and freed black men exhumed the remains of more than 200 Union soldiers from a mass grave in Charleston, South Carolina, and gave them a proper burial.
Call Ted Cruz! Get Dan Crenshaw on Twitter! This wokeness in our military veterans cannot stand!
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