Relieved Space Force Officer: 'I'm Being Misportrayed'
“I don’t believe I was being partisan. It is not politically partisan to expose or attack Critical Race Theory or Marxism,” Lohmeier told Fox on Monday.
“The reason I say that is because Critical Race Theory and Marxism are antithetical to American values. Critical Race Theory fuels narratives that attack America’s founding documents,” he said.
Critical Race Theory branched out from Marxist “critical theory,” which has been progressively finding its way throughout American universities during recent decades.
“This decision was based on public comments made by Lt. Col. Lohmeier in a recent podcast. Lt. Gen. Whiting has initiated a Command Directed Investigation on whether these comments constituted prohibited partisan political activity,” a reads a statement from Space Force.