{"id":371,"date":"2024-12-31T17:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T22:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/?p=371"},"modified":"2025-01-12T22:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T03:26:34","slug":"senate-video-telethon-2-0-supporting-pete-hegseth-opposing-cultural-marxism-in-the-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/senate-video-telethon-2-0-supporting-pete-hegseth-opposing-cultural-marxism-in-the-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Video Telethon 2.0: Supporting Pete Hegseth, Opposing Cultural Marxism in the Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/u8msc5\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script>\r\n<div id=\"rumble_v63elk7\"><\/div>\r\n<script>\r\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v63elk7\",\"div\":\"rumble_v63elk7\"});<\/script>\r\n&nbsp;\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Save America\u2019s Military Coalition<br \/>\nSenate Video Telethon 2.0:<\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Supporting Pete Hegseth,<br \/>\nOpposing Cultural Marxism in the Services<\/h1>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thursday, Jan 2, 2025\n2:00-3:15 p.m. ET<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex; padding-bottom: 25px;\"><a class=\"redbutton\" style=\"letter-spacing: 2px; margin: auto; font: 600 20px Fjalla One;\" href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_EyHK5SXCSVCD2Rwj1drRvA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<div class=\"tool\" style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 30px;\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TRANSCRIPT_SAM_Telethon_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FULL TRANSCRIPT<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: .9em; font-weight: 400;\">NOTE: This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may contain grammatical and spelling errors incurred during translation. Please refer to the referenced media to confirm.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/category\/telethon-2\/\">Click here for individual transcripts of the remarks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just before Christmas, the Defense Department issued its annual report on Chinese Military Power. This edition had a very ominous theme: The build-up of China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army is unmatched by any other since Nazi Germany\u2019s in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, that conclusion significantly understates the problem. For example, the Chinese Communists\u2019 investment in a military industrial base that has made their defense build-up possible not only is vastly larger than ours \u2013 to cite but one example, China\u2019s shipbuilding capacity is 200 times larger than America\u2019s. It also greatly surpasses the Nazis\u2019 at the peak of their power.<\/p>\n<p>The distinct possibility that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has amassed such capabilities and intends, like Hitler, to use them against not just others, but us, demands a critical examination of the state of our own armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, for most of the past sixteen years, our military has been: stressed with assorted combat operations; deprived of the necessary modernization of its equipment; and subjected to cultural Marxist subversion. The latter has taken the form of Critical Race Theory indoctrination, \u201cDiversity, Equity and Inclusion\u201d policies and purges and promotions based, not on merit, but on racial, sexual and other \u201cidentities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, President Trump was reelected on a platform that recognizes the threat we face from the Chinese Communist Party and other quarters and commits to restore our military. He has nominated a decorated combat veteran named Pete Hegseth to lead those efforts as Secretary of Defense. He has also pledged to rid the military of so-called \u201cWoke\u201d officers.<\/p>\n<p>In coming days, the U.S. Senate will consider Mr. Hegseth\u2019s nomination and the Trump plan for practicing once again \u201cpeace through strength.\u201d The Save America\u2019s Military Coalition is hosting its Senate Video Telethon 2.0 from 2-3:15 p.m. ET, Thursday, January 2, to urge Senators to confirm Pete Hegseth as our next Defense Secretary and to give him the tools to \u201cMake our Military Great Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Moderator<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Frank Gaffney, <\/strong>President, Institute for the American Future; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Participants:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Click on the names to see a transcript of their remarks.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-lt-gen-rod-bishop-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Lieutenant General Rod Bishop<\/a>,<\/strong>U.S. Air Force (Ret.); former Air Commander Europe and Third Air Force Commander; Chairman, Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-rob-muise-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\"><strong>Rob Muise<\/strong><\/a>, Co-founder, the American Freedom Law Center<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-colonel-rob-maness-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Colonel Rob Maness<\/a>,<\/strong>U.S. Air Force\u00a0\u00a0(Ret.); former Commanding Officer of a bomber squadron; former Vice Commander of America\u2019s largest Airborne Intelligence Wing; former Commander, Kirtland Air Force Base; and host, \u201cThe Rob Maness Show\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-major-drew-dix-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Major Drew Dix<\/a>, <\/strong>U.S. Army (Ret.);\u00a0Medal of Honor recipient; President, Congressional Medal of Honor Society<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-elaine-donnelly-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Elaine Donnelly<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Founder and President of the Center for Military Readiness<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-carol-swain-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Dr. Carol Swain, PhD, MSL<\/a>,<\/strong> author of among other works, <em>Black Eye for America: How Critical Race Theory is Burning Down the House<\/em>; former tenured professor, Princeton and Vanderbilt Universities; and former member, 1776 Commission<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-ken-abramowitz-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Ken Abramowitz<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>Founder, Save the West; Managing General Partner and co-founder of NGN Capital, a $450 million worldwide healthcare venture capital fund<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-major-general-joseph-arbuckle-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Major General Joseph Arbuckle<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0USA (Ret.);\u00a0Vice Chair, STARRS (Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services); Co-founder, Flag Officers 4 America<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-karen-siegemund-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Dr. Karen Siegemund, PhD<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Founder and President, The American Freedom Alliance; Founding Member, The Sovereignty Coalition<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-colonel-grant-newsham-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Colonel Grant Newsham<\/a>, <\/strong>U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.);\u00a0former Military Attach\u00e9 in Embassy Tokyo; former Foreign Service Officer; Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy; author, <em>When China Attacks: A Warning to America<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-bylt-col-matt-lohmeier-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Lt. Col. Matt Lohmeier<\/a>,<\/strong> Former U.S. Space Force commander; Executive Vice President, STARRS; author of <em>Irresistible Revolution: Marxism\u2019s Goal of Conquest &amp; the Unmaking of the American Military<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-george-rasley-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">George Rasley<\/a>, <\/strong>Former staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives and Office of the Vice President; involved in over 300 political campaigns; Editor-in-Chief, <em>Conservative HQ<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-col-dr-ron-scott-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Col.\/Dr. Ron Scott, PhD, Col<\/a>, <\/strong>U.S. Air Force (Ret.); President and CEO, STARRS; Vice President and Director of Operations, American Constitution Foundation<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-captain-james-fanell-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Captain James Fanell<\/a>, <\/strong>U.S. Navy (Ret.); Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet; co-author, <em>Embracing Communist China: America\u2019s Greatest Strategic Failure<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-vice-admiral-dean-lee-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\">Vice Admiral Dean Lee<\/a>, <\/strong>U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.); former Commander of Coast Guard Atlantic Area; Honorary Professor of Military Science at the Joint Forces Staff<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/remarks-by-ron-armstrong-at-the-save-americas-military-telethon-2-0\/\"><strong>Ron Armstrong<\/strong><\/a>, President, Stand Up Michigan; founding member\u00a0of both the Sovereignty and Save America\u2019s Military Coalitions; a leader in national conservative activism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>RESOURCES<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Institute for the American Future | <a href=\"https:\/\/USFuture.org\">https:\/\/USFuture.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>STARRS (Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services) | <a href=\"https:\/\/starrs.us\">https:\/\/starrs.us<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The American Freedom Law Center | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanfreedomlawcenter.org\/\">https:\/\/www.americanfreedomlawcenter.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Rob Maness Show | <a href=\"https:\/\/colrobmanessret.substack.com\">https:\/\/colrobmanessret.substack.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>14:29:34 From Dede Laugesen to Everyone:<\/li>\n<li>REMUDA, LLC | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/\">https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Center for Military Readiness | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmrlink.org\/\">https:\/\/www.cmrlink.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>HOW TO END WOKEISM IN THE MILITARY, Center for Military Readiness, Dec. 13, 2024 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmrlink.org\/issues\/full\/how-to-end-wokeism-in-the-military\">https:\/\/www.cmrlink.org\/issues\/full\/how-to-end-wokeism-in-the-military<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Please join us in sending your Senators the letter calling on them as your representatives to confirm Pete as our next Defense Secretary and give him the tools to \u201cMake our Military Great Again!\u201d | <a href=\"https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/take-action-make-americas-military-great-again\/\">https:\/\/saveamericasmilitary.org\/sam\/take-action-make-americas-military-great-again\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission-Final-Report.pdf\">https:\/\/trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/The-Presidents-Advisory-1776-Commission-Final-Report.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Save the West | <a href=\"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/\">https:\/\/savethewest.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Multifront War: Defending America From Political Islam, China, Russia, Pandemics, and Racial Strife by Kenneth Abramowitz | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Multifront-War-Defending-Political-Pandemics\/dp\/0914153927\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Multifront-War-Defending-Political-Pandemics\/dp\/0914153927<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Over 137 Flag Officers endorse Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense | <a href=\"https:\/\/flagofficers4america.com\/\">https:\/\/flagofficers4america.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CMR Special Report: Trump and Congress Should Work Together to Strengthen Our Military (18 pages) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cmrlink.org\/data\/sites\/85\/CMRDocuments\/CMRSR_WokeMilitary120324.pdf\">https:\/\/cmrlink.org\/data\/sites\/85\/CMRDocuments\/CMRSR_WokeMilitary120324.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The American Freedom Alliance | <a href=\"https:\/\/americanfreedomalliance.org\/\">https:\/\/americanfreedomalliance.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhen China Attacks: A Warning to America\u201d | by Grant Newsham | Regency Publishing | March 28, 2023 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-China-Attacks-Warning-America\/dp\/1684513650\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-China-Attacks-Warning-America\/dp\/1684513650<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Irresistible Revolution: Marxism&#8217;s Goal of Conquest &amp; the Unmaking of the American Military&#8221; by Lt. 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Matt Lohmeier, former U.S. Space Force commander | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Irresistible-Revolution-Marxisms-Conquest-Unmaking\/dp\/1737067323\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Irresistible-Revolution-Marxisms-Conquest-Unmaking\/dp\/1737067323<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Live-streamed by Bannon\u2019s War Room | <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v658p1v-senate-video-telethon-2.0-supporting-pete-hegseth-opposing-cultural-marxism.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp\">https:\/\/rumble.com\/v658p1v-senate-video-telethon-2.0-supporting-pete-hegseth-opposing-cultural-marxism.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Conservative HQ | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativehq.com\/\">https:\/\/www.conservativehq.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Embracing Communist China: America&#8217;s Greatest Strategic Failure\u201d by James Fanell (Author), Bradley Thayer (Author), Stephen K Bannon (Foreword), March 12, 2024 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Embracing-Communist-China-Americas-Strategic\/dp\/1648210597\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Embracing-Communist-China-Americas-Strategic\/dp\/1648210597<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before Christmas, the Defense Department issued its annual report on Chinese Military Power. 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