Katie Porter Asks GOP Witness If He Agreed With President Truman's Action To Integrate The Military

At a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) spoke about DEI in the military.
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[@ursirius4878]

Some have said that WWII was the spark the civil rights movement needed. When the soldiers came back from Europe, where they were treated like any other soldier by the people, it put the spotlight directly on the way they were being treated in their own country that they were now risking their lives for. In Europe they could go anywhere and never get a second glance because of their skin. The Europeans were appalled at the way the U.S treated them and even told Eisonhower they would not agree to segregation areas while they were in country.

[@dand-pb8pg]

Well said, reference Philip Randolph

[@bohunt8113]

And yet now Europe is the melting pot of racist ideologies.

[@Robert-bb9wi]

When they came back to America, they were treated like the second class citizens they were looked at before they left .The Civil Rights Movement did gain energy from these returning servicemen ,but it was average caucasian young citizens who were tired of the old way of doing things that turned the tide .Television as a new medium in most homes brought this inequality home , front and center. Americans could no longer ignore what was happening. It must be said ,because of much disinformation , The Civil rights movement wasn't successful just because we African Americans got tired of our inhuman treatment ,it was successful because many caucasians also refused to accept how we were treated and became allies !"

[@johnduncanjr186]

⁠@@Robert-bb9wiYou sir are 100% correct. I am one of those caucasians. I am 67 years old and I was born in the south Chattanooga Tn. I lived it as a child. I saw the colored and white water fountains the no bathroom for blacks I saw my friends from school after segregation come to the restaurant my family was eating and sneaking a wave and watching their Dad go to the back door of the restaurant and get their food and be told “ NOW GET!!” I did not understand as a child and as an old man I still do not understand. I made a vow to myself that I was going to fight racism some how so I decided to raise my children not to be. Thank you for acknowledging the fact that not all of us old boomers are bad. lol some of us have been in the fight beside you, and one day we will over come. Happy Dr. King day to you my brother. 👍❤️😎

[@Robert-bb9wi]

@johnduncanjr186 Thank you for commenting on this subject .Let me add something that you intuitively know but rarely hear out loud : Slavery has never been an all-inclusive mindset . People have always objected to other human beings being enslaved. There are many kinds of slavery ,but I won't go into that . I'll just stick with America. All Americans were not ok with slavery . Many religious groups formed opposition parties to slavery . Congress wrestled with what to do if we ended slavery ,do we send them back to Africa? Establish a colony ?" Liberia was founded on this principle. The vast majority of those people opposed to slavery were caucasian Americans and the enslaved . It was a fight that spanned generations . If not for the Civil War, which was about states' rights ( the right to own other human beings ), who knows when African slaves would've been freed !" It's easy to distort history as an all-inclusive mindset ,but history is nuanced. whites and blacks lived side by side ,helped one another ,depended on one another long before slavery ended . We were freed because we had allies ,those allies were white skinned people just like today . The key I must stress is that color was not the issue that defines a person , its character !" Character decides what battles you fight ,what injustices you oppose , what kindness especially you extend !" In human history, it's always been about character !" Every skin folk is not your kin folk . If you look in only one direction for your enemy ,you only guarantee you'll be blindsided !" People of character build nations , people who only recognize color manipulate for status !""

[@jackwagner547]

How can a person exhibit such genuine passion for such an inane belief

[@kpadalldotablet1009]

Because he starts with his conclusion (opinion) and will support it no matter what the evidence shows, using infinite regress and specious arguments as a tool to NEVER answer the questions presented to him.

[@garymccallum667]

Woke progressive ideology & it starts at elementary school, or for us 🇬🇧 primary school.

[@Knucklehead123]

@@garymccallum667 Where exactly? What is the curriculum?

[@JohnCarterRocks]

Your Trump Univ. degree FAILED you again.

[@monotech20.14]

Rightwingers know who to pander too.

[@rdmcabee]

The last guy is objecting to policies that don't exist, but he is saying someone might want implement a policy, so he is going to object to what he imagines...

[@texadian3392]

Katie Porter SLAYS as always!!!

[@alexcannon9364]

How can she slay? She can't even form sentences.

[@scottmalone9275]

I love how a Harvard educated lawyer who has never served and has family that never served has such a clear picture of what's best for the military

[@williammoore5277]

His hero was probably John McNamara

[@scottmalone9275]

@@williammoore5277 I was actually talking about the Senator. I looked her up, She's worse than that West Pointe Fraud.

[@planeandsimplexplained]

That is how our System has been based on for decades President is the Commander in Chief and most have never served. Like Trump never served

[@fish9905]

Common sense, don't need to serve in the military to know what is right or wrong, just like I don't a biology degree to define the word woman

[@zachgates7491]

He knows even less of small businesses

[@Pugfeathers]

Damnnnn she got him good.

[@roberthall6609]

We have fools making decisions in our military.

[@MrTwenty20video]

Thank you Ms. Porter. 💪

[@CARidingAcademy]

Run from Katie Porter. I live in California.

[@jeff95050]

That is very wise advice for the southern confederate white men clubbers of today. They would do well to take heed and run as they did in the civil war.

[@mocheeks709]

Yeah racist,run

[@CentralKentuckyElevators]

Question for Democrats’. What is so great about the word “racist”?

[@mocheeks709]

@@CentralKentuckyElevators do you prefer white supremacist

[@jeepernj99]

She’s beyond crooked

[@davidcoyne1218]

What branch of the military was this women in. I would say none

[@jontesty1011]

She hit every branch... on her way down the ugly tree. Luckily it was right by her favorite McDonalds. She made the billions served trillions.

[@silverturtlelady]

Her brother served so that makes her an expert!

[@frenchbulldogdad1003]

​@@jontesty1011 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome!😀😂😃🤣

[@edwardhoover3727]

Are you implying that those who have not served in the military can't or shouldn't deal with military issues? If you are, that excludes many folks, Trump, James Comer, and Jim Jordan among many more on both sides of the isle.

[@markprinsloo4258]

More importantly, what branch of the military was the orange faced man in?

[@robertwalton7307]

If the military was/is so pure of heart, why is there a Leavenworth prison? The first thing you learn in basic is to keep your locker LOCKED!

[@gabeicaza4560]

I don't know who her doctor, pilot, or any other important professional person she encounters is,I just hope that is not selecting them because of their skin color, but only for their ability to be good at it, and have erned it honestly irregardless of their color of their skins.

[@safetmiljkovic4969]

Obviously her doctor that prescribed her medication got his or hers job not because they’re most qualified 😂😂😂 you can tell by her side affects of her prescription 😂😂😂

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

No need to worry your little brain…those things aren’t happening Don’t let the fearmongerers get to you

[@RadioMattM]

Truman’s order to desegregate the military undid an order from Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat, to segregate the military.

[@kathleenferguson3296]

AGAIN. Look up "The Southern Strategy" in American history. That was the '60s. They are talking about the '30s, Before the parties switched ideologies.

[@rhmayer1]

Wilson was quite progressive for his time (started the League of Nations, precursor to the United Nations, etc.), but was limited from a generally conservative society (including within the Democratic Party). Wilson's military segregation was more about trying to protect African-American soldiers from what otherwise would've been more harmful to them. Society and the military officer ranks were NOT very protective of African-Americans back then. The thought was that a stepping stone approach was needed (the essence of progressivism), moving from an all-white military, to one that included African-Americans but segregated, to eventually a more integrated military - removing the segregation. If Wilson had tried to integrate the military without segregation initially there would not only have been massive pushback and protests but also a lot of violence and death of those African-American soldiers. Nice try, trying to paint Woodrow Wilson and Democrats as racist segregationists when they were trying to be practical and pragmatic progressives.

[@stephanstocker3717]

Wilson was self proclaimed progressive…

[@judyharper1742]

Just a thought, Rep Porter immediately reclaims her time so the answer cannot be provided.

[@oldmanx1234]

She always does.

[@monotech20.14]

Wrong.

[@marcuswardle3180]

She reclaims her time when the witness starts excreting their personal views and totally ignores the question. Porter asked a simple yes or no question. The witness then carried out his version of verbal diarrhoea. Upon not hearing either a Yes or No she immediately “Reclaiming my time”. Porter knew that if she didn’t hear those words she was going to say that. That’s because she became prepared!

[@donnellmccauley9424]

@@marcuswardle3180she is always prepared. The gentleman did not want to answer the question. It was a yes or no answer.

[@mattg3789]

@@donnellmccauley9424 Questions that allow only "yes" or "no" are usually not good questions. They aren't about illuminating the subject, but instead used to quickly steer to a desired conclusion.

[@rufusfields1602]

Ooh! I really like this lady! One great American Patriot and Mom!

[@timothysassanella272]

@@paular1911 0 LOL! well, that's a bit of non-reality.

[@itdadof3]

Two totally, completely different issues. Porter is in over her head and making false correlations

[@sarahjoe61]

Hahaha Or, it was too far over your head. lol

[@darrylbradley]

Unless she's talking about Black trans people.

[@shelleyking8450]

She is over YOUR head, these things are the SAME THING.

[@DevilTravels]

I heard the same deflections decades ago from southern white men. You are nothing new.

[@jeff95050]

@@DevilTravelsYou are still hearing them from the southern, racist, white men club.. the sons of the confederacy. Still feeling privileged and very insecure about it.

[@moonpie2637]

So In her view anything that's called "progressive" is good? I'm sure I can think of a lot of "progressive" ideas that people would look back on as insane.

[@ericnorth6577]

Yes, all the horrible ideas that have aged poorly, like: civil rights, women's suffrage, social security and medicare, child labor laws, the list goes on...

[@icemachine79]

Progressive = progress, so yes. People can be wrong about what constitutes progress. But the idea that ALL progressive ideas are wrong or suspect because some people are occasionally wrong about it is ludicrous.

[@moonpie2637]

@@icemachine79 Every faction "Progresses". The "Progressive" are just that Progressively Radical in their beliefs. Just because you take the opposition position to every political fight doesn't make it progressive. I mean, they are currently trying to reinvent the sex's. They are trying to bring race back as a way to judge a persons character. They are trying to resegregate society based on peoples races and ideological beliefs. Nothing progressive about todays "Progressive", But there is something racist about them.

[@artgurrl]

Are people now claiming DEI is about diversity of the military? Or lumping it into the same category as what Truman did to integrate the military? If Truman did integrate the military why do we need DEI if it already diverse? DEI is far more divisive than what Truman did. In fact it is all about segregating people again as we have seen in the universities around the country.

[@SignalFlare11]

Exactly, it's very divisive and clearly racist, everyone in the military knows it, that is why so many are leaving and not joining, if they don't want to acknowledge the obvious they will not fix the problem.

[@artgurrl]

@@SignalFlare11 I agree. But there is possibly a couple of other reasons why the military can't recruit or others leaving the military and that is our constant wars and soft younger generations.

[@SignalFlare11]

@@artgurrl Good point, the disrespect to our troops in the Afghanistan withdraw was a real morale killer. Forcing covid shots, and I think that DEI curriculum in our kids schools is feminizing our boys and turning our girls into feminist, as well as teaching them to think they are all part of a racist society.

[@shelleyking8450]

We need DEI to undo the growing hate and bigotry and supremacist thinking that has crept into the military, which is the thing effecting readiness.

[@markr1550]

​@@shelleyking8450Do you have statistics or any proof to back up your statement.

[@dhatchett6030]

My home was dynamite bombed in Dec 1964 when my Dad invited an Army Air Corps Veteran of WW11 (Tusceegee airman) to our home . Divisive Politics of fearful and ignorant people was the cause of this . I hear the same voices today.

[@xanthippusofcarthage8655]

No, never happened.

[@cynthiawhite4958]

So sorry this happened. The Tuskeegee Airman played a vital role in WWII. They took on missions that were highly dangerous and carried them out with great expertise.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Unfortunately, they are all on your side. SEE: BLM and ANTIFA

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

@@xanthippusofcarthage8655 explain, please.

[@aaronhughes1839]

A yes or no would have been just fine.

[@MaydayAggro]

My answer would have been, "I wasn't even born yet."

[@Dcam4900]

Doesn't mean you shouldn't know

[@MaydayAggro]

@@Dcam4900 Knowing and agreeing with are 2 different things. Asking a person if he agrees with an action someone else took decades before he was born is idiotic.

[@Dcam4900]

@@MaydayAggro an intelligent person can know and draw an opinion. I wasn't born during ww2 but. I know and agree that Hitler was bad .

[@saraplush]

Katie porter saying the word respect is a joke! She has to idea how to respect anyone, she is a nasty person!

[@DevilTravels]

...says the person being nasty 🙄

[@orangebluered25]

​@@DevilTravelssays somebody proudly named devil.

[@DevilTravels]

@@orangebluered25 not a very good "whataboutism". But, since you can't dispute the issue, I guess that's about all your adolescent mind can manufacture.

[@johnholliday5874]

​@@DevilTravels You remind me of Nellie Olsen on Little House on the Prairie. Probably before your time, but nobody liked her.

[@DevilTravels]

@@johnholliday5874 an ad hominem attack using a fictional character. Well, if you can't use facts, I guess all you can do is use the tactics of a spoiled child😂

[@juliajames139]

Because you are lying Porter!!

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

She's such a firehouse😊.

[@Nosugarcoatingme]

That guy almost choked on her question. Why? Slavery ended in 1865. And yet he doesn't know how he feels about integration in the military? Wow!

[@robinkuykendall-adams6650]

SMDH 🙄😑 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

I would say that his answer really does show how he feels about integration.

[@rachelgarber1423]

She brought the receipts

[@hasletjoe5984]

She only wants a Pro-DEI answer

[@icemachine79]

*pro-reality

[@CVEIWKID]

Definitely is a quota system.

[@leeraffle9923]

The military takes who they can get.

[@moonpie2637]

That's because the military of today is not the military of yesterday's. That's the reason we have lost almost every war since WW2.

[@Dcam4900]

Definitely is not...

[@shellnet411]

Was he under oath? Did he purger himself? Just wondering

[@jeffcourtney8101]

She, and people that agree with her, and anyone that isn't or hasn't been in the military and experienced combat, should shut up and let those who are or have been handle this. The military has done a pretty good job at developing, improving, and maintaining the most lethal fighting force in existence. War doesn't hand out "competition trophies" to the loser when it's over. If Politicians want to improve enlistment #'s they can raise the pay, commit more resources to health care and support to veterans and thier families.

[@DevilTravels]

Yes, but guess which political party has voted against improving veterans benefits? Katy Porter isn't among them

[@chrisstratton8443]

I have been in the military, and I do agree with much of what she says compared to her co-workers across the aisle. I totally agree with your follow up statement though--service members forced to rely on food stamps is deplorable

[@marcuswardle3180]

What is it with Americans and their military? Your statement that only the military should deal with this as it’s the military who serve is a vacuous argument. You want your military to mirror your society because it’s your military that fights for it to preserve it. If the military does not reflect the society of the nation who are they fighting for? That’s why you have LGBTQ(etc.) in the military as they are also part of civil society. In Classical times it was often seen as having your male lover fighting next to you Asa benefit as it was felt you were less likely to leave the battlefield without him.

[@DevilTravels]

@@marcuswardle3180 perhaps a case where civilian society doesn't like the idea or ramifications of a military that reflects themselves. The mirror can be quite frightening if you look at it too long.😉

[@stevenkeel7191]

And which party keeps voting down increases in healthcare for veterans?

[@carlFIELD-pj9ej]

she is crazy and ignorant

[@RobertSmith-lw2bx]

It might be progressive but that progression didn’t have CRT, or DEI. Which doesn’t base performance on merit.

[@user-hy5pd6dk2f]

"A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or democracy" Teddy Roosevelt ⚖️ 🇺🇸

[@IBenZik]

And that is why we have a Republic.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

Progressive, not Marxist Fascism, which DEI is.

[@IBenZik]

@@calvinhobbes6118 you have print the progression of the same thing.

[@user-hy5pd6dk2f]

@IBenZik ✌️👀 [Constitutional Federal Republic of the United States] The government in the US is based on the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the United States. ⚖️ 🇺🇸

[@stefanniemiec8727]

It seems so strange that a so called "modern country" is still debating such medieval attitudes

[@buildthewallwiththewoke6196]

It will never end. Debating these medieval attitudes is the left's money tree. This is why they act like the civil rights era never happened and their young act as if they're actually fighting oppression.

[@calvinhobbes6118]

"FORCED" racial quotas arent progress.

[@fish9905]

Integrate and equality

[@roomwithapointofview]

Ask Miss Porter about "Barracks Bunnies". And ask, if in previous times, had more gay men been in the military, would this issue would have surfaced earlier. Then ask, is a single sexual relation between active members a problem? If not, why are there rules about it?

[@jimscott3668]

Katie for president.

[@williammoore5277]

Anyone who's willing to spend that much money to get a 2 year opportunity to sit in Congress should never be allowed to.

[@williammoore5277]

Of what?

[@MrBreeze66]

Stupid question, the democrats were against integration, not the gop!

[@davidvincent980]

Complete failure...

[@LBJs_Famous_Quote]

Now ask about if he agrees with LBJ'S initiative under the Great Society programs.

[@silvypetrisor6979]

This comment section has no idea what’s going on with military recruiting, and the wokeness that has infested it

[@edwardhoover3727]

Well sir, here is your opportunity to do so--a good start would be defining "woke".

[@timothysassanella272]

And thank god for the woke.

[@issacehowardjr679]

There was not a quota when I was in the military ether.

[@loonygonzalez4583]

Nail em Katie she will make an awesome Senator cuz she is NO NONSENSE call out the BS when she sees kinda congress person which is what we need in the Capitol

[@nickfalconio4458]

I’m voting for her I like her

[@rhmayer1]

I like her a lot, but I like Barbara Lee even better.

[@unclesven4515]

I’m sure she is speaking as a military expert. Lmao

[@artgurrl]

I get my information from actual military experts.

[@InSurrealtime]

No but the general was. Did you watch the end?

[@bbchester6]

@@InSurrealtime The part where he nods his head like a seal to get a sardine? Yeah it was impressive.

[@monotech20.14]

Katie Porter made these "anti woke" pandering HACKS look stupid.

[@InSurrealtime]

@@bbchester6 The part where the general shut that fool down.

[@jeffreyjeziorski1480]

Every time I listen to this woman I feel more informed and more intelligent. thanks, Katie.

[@jimharringtonsr.2793]

She does not seem to care about answers, as she is not able to listen. She seems to be quite impressed with herself. She was very upset the actual soldier would follow her like a lamb to slaughter.

[@rhmayer1]

@@jimharringtonsr.2793 Apparently you don't understand how Congressional testimony works. When testifying before Congress you must answer the questions being asked by the Congressperson. The question does NOT allow for a broad opinion-laden answer for argueing your general case. That kind of open and free answer MAY be allowed - usually by the party that invited you to testify. But strictly speaking the testifying witness must answer the question asked and is limited to that question. If a Yes or No answer is asked, a Yes or No answer must be given. When witnesses EVADE answering the direct question they are NOT automatically allowed instead to take the floor and give a speech about what THEY want. The testimony must answer what the Congressperson wants answered. Congresspersons have limited time - a certain number of minutes allotted to them. It's a common ploy for a witness to try and give an evasive, long-winded answer to take up the Congressperson's limited time - to avoid further questioning. What you call being "impressed with herself" others see and praise her for not being taken advantage of - not being manipulated by witnesses invited by the opposite party (and are often trained by the opposing party in evasive, time-consuming tactics). Katie Porter is one Congressperson who is not easily manipulated and demands the straight answers she has the right and authority to ask and receive. This is why she (and others) ask the Chair to reclaim their time - time taken by verbose witnesses' evasive answering.

[@wolverinebear5357]

We're in Congress an we make the rules. - Your Fired

[@Empire-rc2rv]

Alex, I'm gonna go with "Word Salad" for 500

[@jimmybernabe5692]

Katie is a good kitchen Porter. She treated the Bidens as her Messiah.

[@ericnorth6577]

Says the guy presumably on board with Trumps cult of personality

[@cmvamerica9011]

Integrated the cemetery? Those same people voted in 2020.😂

[@DLM111]

Being gay or stright does not make you more or less "a man".... standing up for what is right does!

[@santiagoanquero708]

The name Trump has her going out of MINE, can't live without him...

[@markprinsloo4258]

Yes, he was the GREATEST draft dodger ever!

[@Tboyhoot777]

PLEASE, PLEASE, SHE HAS HER OWN OPINION .... AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT OPINIONS!

[@ucantfoolme8357]

Chairman isn't doing his/her job.

[@williamgullett5911]

Someone could make a lot of money selling Katie Porter Halloween masks.

[@edwardhoover3727]

Didn't your mommy and daddy teach you that one does not comment on or judge people by their appearance? So very, very sad.😒

[@mihilist]

Wut, no Hills Have Eyes face Huckabee Sanders mask?

[@williamgullett5911]

@@mihilist In a two person beauty pageant between Sanders and Katie Porter Porter loses

[@rkellyrodgers6516]

Integrity is a much more beautiful attribute...Huckabee lacks integrity and apparently you do too. @williamgullett5911

[@williamgullett5911]

@@rkellyrodgers6516 Lol...lectured on integrity by a Democrat. Thanks for the laugh

[@whitetailedboss]

She deserves a participation trophy 🏆

[@user-he3dq5um2b]

She wins at all you can eat

[@Robert-bb9wi]

She is not playing ,apparently, even today, some people haven't gotten the memo !"

[@InSurrealtime]

For participating in a major slap down of that guy!

[@woodyboyd2961]

A contender along with Dan Goldman, AOC, Hank Johnson, Jayapal, Bush, Cohen, SJ Lee, Khanna, and others for the lowest of intellectual bottom feeders in Congress.

[@garymccallum667]

​@@InSurrealtime Why a Slap down? because the military veteran was the ultimate professional & working hard for his nation & wasn't aware at the time of their devious plans on the world?? Wokism is cancer to a countries long term health.

[@hawkeyeted]

There is a quota system, Katie.

[@debrakennedy7671]

The Military is society.

[@tracigreen4786]

That old lady seemed grumpy. Get her a cheeseburger already

[@pamelamacmullen1440]

She is a total breath of fresh air with total brilliance and logic in her dialogue!

[@kykwiltz402]

Go, Katie! She brings it every time, and I hope her constituents appreciate her as much as so many of the rest of us do.

[@talyahr3302]

Yes! She definitely DESERVES the Senate seat she is running for!

[@warr1973]

Praising Truman while trying to undo what he did. Yeah very special rep right there

[@Franktank111]

She is awful. Wake up. He woke BS is disgusting and she has no respect for women outside of her little liberal world

[@icebalm]

Porters logic: In the past we had progressive policies and they worked, therefore all progressive policies in the future will work.

[@marc-andrebussiere2880]

A lot of dictator work that way. Cauz it work in the mind of their feeble followers.

[@user-ir6su8he9y]

We have 100 percent proof that "Trickle Down Economics" doesn't work! From "Bedtime For Bonzo" administration to the present day only the top ten percent have benefited from the Republikkkans tax cut for the rich and against the working class!😮

[@pasokompin]

The progressive policies in the past were brought to us by REPUBLICANS. The current crop of progressives are all leftoids and their policies are progressive in name by regressive in application.

[@acbeaumo]

It's more like, "In the past, these progressive policies were good for the military, therefore anything which we label as 'progressive' today is good policy for the military."

[@ericnorth6577]

GOP logic: Progressive=bad, please ignore anything we can learn from history, or any sort of evidence-based analysis

[@dukeneesonwood]

Are you sure her name isn’t Karen? Like, we make the rules.

[@MrRickburns]

Stupidity is not a crime. You are free to go, mam.

[@steelman075]

Lohmeir is full of beans.

[@rushman2k3]

Politely and respectfully asks the chair to do their job the chair does nothing

[@timothysassanella272]

Typical con.

[@noah9552]

Katie Porter is incredibly intelligent, I think she would be great associate Justice one day.

[@ralemc1960]

Equity brain and heart surgeons are important too.

[@markmcclellan8421]

Katie is what every politician should be! Speaking TRUTH to power. Being logical and unwavering in their understanding of FACTS. There is too much bending of TRUTH in the Republican Party and in the last 8 years all because of a failed businessman con who is the mouthpiece of big money and racial hatred. Go Katie!

[@davedbaveda]

What a load of garbage. What the dems are doing is resegregating the armed forces by DEI. We all know that DEI is forced segregation based on identity politics, and you would be lying if you state otherwise.

[@UShoIsUgly41]

Dude just straight up lied about quotas in the military! He just proved his position wrong for feeling the need to lie about it!

[@kenculliton4212]

President Truman WHAT THE HELL

[@willievillock7008]

It's sad that this woman is really worried about a gay person then a soldier lol

[@richstewart1]

LOL! Her brother was submarine guy and she never herd anything. Those guys don't talk about ANYTHING!

[@ericnorth6577]

Right, her brother and the General that was sitting right there to confirm there's no race quota, chief

[@claythomas7982]

The military like all government has recruitment percentages, so many white,, black, brown, etc.

[@williammoore5277]

The only person who I knew of who his his 'diversity' was a sailor who intended to run for city council when he got out so got married so his constituents wouldn't know he was gay. We all knew and didn't care.

[@heybobmiller]

She is asking for an opinion on a policy that is older than anyone in the room. She might well be asking whether they agree with Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

[@ericmccambly4404]

Why does she spin her own narrative after they answer.

[@williammoore5277]

I wonder if she has any knowledge as to why Truman did it. He still wouldn't let a black guy visit the white house officially. He should've canned the Generals who still had Confederate sympathies.

[@williammoore5277]

​@@ericmccambly4404Because it's always been about some politician getting a soapbox to pontificate their 'pearls of wisdom '

[@joew4656]

That is exactly her point, yet you are too locked in to your position to even understand it, much less consider it. People like you were against integrating the armed forces when Truman did it, yet integrating the armed forces benefited both the armed forces and society. Same with Don't ask don't tell. Get it now Bob?

[@dirtbag3736]

Like asking if Lincoln was right for the Emancipation Proclamation? Yeah tough one to answer

[@wcstrawberryfields8011]

0:20 I hope that guy got an accurate measurement of his proboscis...

[@paulminchk6145]

There is no time for DEI in the military or time to think about it. The military is effective when they are the most qualified fighting force on Earth. DEI has caused the lowest recruitment we have had for years.

[@kongkinglive2.0reloaded96]

Can you prove that. Just because a politician or a partisan hack says it. Doesn’t make it true. Stop believing everything you hear. Maybe recruitment is down because people see how veterans are being treated after they have served their country. Especially when you see politicians voting against veteran healthcare bills. Then giving fist bumps in celebration.

[@DevilTravels]

Your civilian understanding of Diversity, Equity, Integration is flawed. Your expertise in military recruitment is also inadequate.

[@redwing1214]

@@DevilTravelsDEI is immoral. Rampant discrimination of whites is disgusting.

[@paulminchk6145]

@@DevilTravels I base what I said on what current military personnel are saying and what witnesses are saying in front of Congress and my veteran friends. Yeah, I think I'll listen to those people instead of your opinion. It's not just DEI in the military lowering recruitment it's an anti-American liberal mindset pushing DEI in colleges and high schools before they even get a chance to talk to a recruiter. You can see that anywhere in the country where they are protesting right now.

[@DevilTravels]

@@paulminchk6145 best to compare opinions against a standard to see how far from that standard the opinions get. Interpretation should never be considered a standard even if the opinions seem to agree with each other.

[@kayakuprising5914]

The military, and any other organization isn't "more effective when it's diverse", It is effective when they hire/accept THE BEST. THE BEST does not care about color, nationality, etc. IF, "THE BEST" results in diversity, then awesome, but an organization (military) will not be "THE BEST" if it's primary goal is "DIVERSITY".

[@timothysassanella272]

In most cases, the best doesn't join the military. (sorry, but it's fact.) As with everything else biological organisms do, diversity is good.

[@VivianInTheOC]

Thank you Katie Porter!👏👏

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

Once again……these politicians constantly cut off witnesses…especially when they start hearing a response they disagree with

[@cate9540]

So they should just let the witness ramble on without ever actually answering the question asked? Would that be acceptable in a job interview, at your workplace, or in a courtroom? No? So why should it be acceptable in a congressional hearing?

[@icemachine79]

Because these "witnesses" won't answer the question, and they won't answer the question because they know it wrecks their false narrative.

[@mariegarside8830]

Many witnesses talk at length without replying to the question .

[@timothysassanella272]

Only when they are rambling on and off-topic.

[@user-qs8ix3dn7u]

@@icemachine79 witnesses from left also do that so what is your point?

[@alex12497]

She had no idea. What a lemming

[@TheMollyPitchers]

Truman was a Democrat 'Separate but equal' is a Democrat concept (never supported by the GOP) and still is. I'm confused as to what the rep's point is. She doesn't seem to be aware that she's criticizing herself.

[@icemachine79]

Correction: it wasn't supported by the GOP until their Southern strategy attracted all the disaffected Dixiecrats who'd left or been kicked out of the Democratic party after LBJ backed the Civil Rights Act. So no, she is not "criticizing herself".

[@derekpierkowski7641]

Ya ever here the term " Code Red"? YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!! ❤🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@michaelheath9889]

Let's not forget it was a Democratic President, Woodrow Wilson that re-segregated the military.

[@dirtbag3736]

The military was segregated before and after Wilson

[@arthuray6696]

All you have to do is look at her, explains everything

[@scarezone2559]

Porter.... She jumped ship from the district she was in because we were ready to overwhelmingly vote her out and she knew it. Further, she STILL gets subsidized housing as a "teacher" from UCI, where she does NOT teach, but taxpayers are still on the hook for her free ride... Lastly, he threatened the Chief of Police of Irvine stating he had no idea what she can do as a congresswoman, when the Irvine PD arrested her live in boyfriend for sucker punching one of people attending one of her speeches... She belongs in prison...

[@sharon4094]

Anyone who wants to risk their lives for this ungrateful country should be welcomed with open arms - ANYONE! And by greatful I mean thevway we treat our guys when they come HOME!

[@johnliller]

There's a major flaw with her entire premise. Truman didn't do shit, it was Eisenhower that integrated the military.

[@Dcam4900]

You are kidding right?

[@geobello6274]

There are most definitely quotas

[@crabbyresister9194]

Katie Porter. Amazing. 😊🎉

[@stevedevine5286]

Why are conservative women so much prettier. I’m not judging just an observation

[@alexpolidoro4126]

Porter is focused on her numbers. The reality is California is on a decline. Sad reality.

[@selinaisis6268]

Interesting- no Black or Brown servicemen on this panel to discuss their views

[@tbam994]

Most cogent comment section I've ever read. ... thank you everybody

[@mxcraider432]

Katie Porter has been integrated with a buffet for a long time

[@timothysassanella272]

As I'm sure the cattle in your family have been.

[@davidmeloche3563]

Did she agree with FDR's order to intern the Japanese population of the US?

[@michaelspampanato]

That's bull ship my son was in the Navy he was in the Sea cadets before going into the Navy he won andd as an E3 when he went up to e4 he was onee of thee top of the test scores because there wasn't enough women and minorities he didn't get his e4 rank so don't tell me there's not quotas in the military

[@RaymondPeckIII]

❤

[@marshaestep7453]

Porter is speaking about Truman. What a joke! This woman needs to go!!!!!!!

[@annmariejagiella847]

Katie is the best, brillant person.