Steven Crowder published exclusive undercover video exposing the radical Diversity, Equity & Inclusion theology embraced by the United States military’s top brass.

The video shows a senior Navy Chief DEI commissar who advises senior Navy officials. He said that most military people at the Pentagon think if we go to war with China, DEI will no longer matter. If President Trump is elected, the Navy Chief won’t be able to say he works in DEI, but will have the same job and just change the wording of what he does.

Crowder talks about how DEI is affecting recruitment in the military and lowering standards is endangering the military.

Watch, starts around the 22:33 mark:

Quick intro to piece, military DEI collage:

U.S. NAVY SENIOR CHIEF IN CHARGE OF WOKE INITIATIVES WITHIN MILITARY ADMITS DEI PROGRAM WOULD ‘BE OUT THE WINDOW’ AS SOON AS CHINA-TAIWAN WAR BROKE OUT; ‘DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION WON’T MATTER’ … SAYS HE GOT ‘THE JOB BY TALKING ABOUT WHITE PRIVILEGE’ (Steven Crowder)

• Thomas Riggs, Senior Chief in U.S. NAVY, Equal Opportunity Advisor to Chief Naval Officer: “Diversity, equity, inclusion? Yeah, of course, they [military colleagues] think it’s a waste of time. Except my boss, I mean, Lisa, the admiral, she doesn’t think it is. She likes it. But secretly, everybody else is like eh.”
• Riggs: “You know what’s going to happen when the first missile hits the first side of the first DEG [Guided Missile Escort Ship]? What’s it going to matter? It won’t. Diversity, equity, inclusion. It’ll just be out the window.”
• Riggs: “Soon as China invades — when China invades Taiwan. None of this is going to matter. That’s what they’re saying to me about my program.”
• Riggs: “I think he [Donald Trump] will win [the election]. I think he will. I think he’s going to win hands down.”
• Riggs: “Unless something happened…Like he [Trump] goes to jail or something like that, or somebody kills him. I mean, I hate to say it, but, you know, that’s kind of the only way he’s — I mean, people don’t have a lot of faith in Biden.”
• Riggs: My job will still exist [if Trump is elected]. It’s just like I was telling you — DEI wouldn’t, I wouldn’t be able to come out and say I’m a DEI practitioner. It’s like, now I can say — I would just say I’m an Equal Opportunity advisor. Big climate specialist. And I would.”
• Riggs: “Like I told you, I’d skirt around DEI…would have to be a play on words, I would never be able to come out and say it. People would be like, ‘whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.’ There’s no such thing as DEI anymore.”

[WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 15, 2024] Louder with Crowder’s Mug Club Undercover team released a new video today exposing U.S. Navy Senior Chief, Thomas Riggs, who said he leads the military branch’s DEI initiatives while admitting that it is an irrelevant program for the government when the country faces imminent war.

Riggs revealed that several of his naval colleagues share their negative opinions about DEI in the military, but that the top NAVY brass is behind the push for these sorts of projects.

“Diversity, equity, inclusion? Yeah, of course, they [military colleagues] think it’s a waste of time. Except my boss, I mean, Lisa, the admiral, she doesn’t think it is. She likes it. But secretly, everybody else is like eh,” Riggs said.

“You know what’s going to happen when the first missile hits the first side of the first DEG [Guided Missile Escort Ship]? What’s it going to matter? It won’t. Diversity, equity, inclusion. It’ll just be out the window,” he said.

The senior naval officer made it clear that although the world is focused on the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas war, the most dangerous threat that America faces today is China.

“Soon as China invades — when China invades Taiwan. None of this is going to matter. That’s what they’re saying to me about my program,” he said.

Riggs told the Mug Club undercover journalist that he believes Donald Trump will win the presidential race come November.

“I think he will win [the election]. I think he will. I think he’s going to win hands down,” he said.

“Unless something happened…Like he goes to jail or something like that, or somebody kills him. I mean, I hate to say it, but, you know, that’s kind of the only way he’s — I mean, people don’t have a lot of faith in Biden,” he said.

“If we have a Republican in office, it will bolster our military…and I’m a Democrat. But I’m just — from a strictly military standpoint, Republicans are always better for military.”

The public official said that if Trump does in fact return to the White House, he will seek to push DEI onto the military in a more covert way.

My job will still exist [if Trump is elected]. It’s just like I was telling you — DEI wouldn’t, I wouldn’t be able to come out and say I’m a DEI practitioner. It’s like, now I can say — I would just say I’m an Equal Opportunity advisor. Big climate specialist. And I would,” Riggs said.

“Like I told you, I’d skirt around DEI…would have to be a play on words, I would never be able to come out and say it. People would be like, ‘whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.’ There’s no such thing as DEI anymore,” he said.

“When I came into the program, I wrote an essay on white privilege in the United States military. I was able to get the job that I’ve gotten by talking about white privilege.”

BREAKING: Top DEI Advisor to @USNavy Admiral Lisa Franchetti Tells Undercover Journalist “China” is The United States Biggest Threat and That Woke Initiatives Will Be Gone if a ‘World War’ Breaks Out; Says Military Colleagues Think DEI is a “Waste of Time”; Believes Trump Will… pic.twitter.com/BrWh9Zkqfq

— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) May 16, 2024

What People Are Saying

Comments from the comment section

“I retired from the military in 2015. I work as a DoD civilian now and I don’t even recognize the military anymore. There are no standards and there isn’t a mission.”

“Similar situation here. I personally seen an AF commander walking around outside of a hanger picking up trash with a pointed stick while the non-coms inside sat around inside watching TV. I could see both at the same time.”

“Same here! I retired in 2008 and am a DoD civilian and I work with Active Duty and honestly, I’m disgusted by what I see. I personally work with some AWESOME officers, but they are all ready to get out, because things have changed so much…and not for the better. I was talking to one of our young AF Capt’s and he is one of the really good ones…and he said all of his friends are getting out because they are no longer able to make POSITIVE changes and troops are getting away with everything…no weight standards (we have an AF Col and I swear his buttons are going to fly off his uniform, he is that fat! NO RESPECT any longer…it’s such a different world. I have always been and will ALWAYS be Warfighter first! but TRUMP needs to come in and clean this shit up!”

“Retired back in 2012 (13F)…..Best decision I ever made. For the 1st time in my life, I would caution my kid about joining.”

“I’ve been in the Army since 2020 as Blackhawk mechanic. I know two women who are pregnant and are actively flying in UH-72 Lakotas; one as a pilot and the other as a flight medic. In aviation, you have to maintain flight hours if you are a flyer. These women are restricted in what they can do in a helicopter and, once their pregnancy reaches a certain stage, will no longer be allowed to fly at all. As for all the other gender confusion/ DEI stuff that’s going on, I personally am not seeing it in a big way. That’s not saying it’s not happening, just that it’s not as prevalent as folks might think. Keep in mind that our active duty makes up over 1 million people and our reserves and National Guard are right around 800,000. If you take 1000 weirdos out of that nearly 2 million people and give them a camera, it’s going to look like our whole fighting force is falling apart. I promise you, if it comes time to fight, the real warriors will step up in a big way. All hope is not lost folks!”

“You’re kidding me right. Its in all the “equality” doctrine they push on us. My unit has a few trannies and they’re absolute mental cases. One was collecting garbage in his room for months. Can’t do anything about it.”

“So I’m guessing you left high school at least 4-6 years ago. The reason why you don’t see it like older folks is because you were fed this stuff in High School. Maybe not so much if you went to school before that.”

“There are a lot of anti-white propaganda books in the Holloman Air Force library on the front display as soon as you walk in.”

“Former Marine, I don’t recognize this world. But I did swear an oath, with no expiration date.”

“Hey boys! I’m an airman, S&E medic for the USAF. I’m also a father of an amazing baby girl. Between my expenses and the shitty pay as a SrA w/ 3y TIS, I don’t have a fuckin pot to piss in. I was banking on Trump winning the election, bc I didn’t think so many useful idiots existed in our nation but that was a lesson sorely learned. I love the guys and gals in my unit, most of which are competent and airman that I can rely on to do their job to an exceptional degree. The sentiment that DEI is absolutely fucking retarded and serves only to kneecap our mission capabilities is omni-present among the enlisted side. Even some on the commissioned side will speak their mind about it behind closed doors.”

“My son would have been the 11th generation in Service from my family… he has paused his Commissioning. It was his dream for the last 10 years.”

“I come from several generations of service members going back to the war of 1812, and this will be the first generation that won’t have someone serving. I served during Desert Storm ,but I won’t try to encourage my kids to serve under this administration. Perhaps my grandkids will have a better chance, but not if we don’t stop supporting this warped ideology. I still support the Veterans and will to the day I die.”

“I retired from the military in 2012. I was able to see this starting to creep in. For the most part, most of the non-comms still had a pretty solid idea of why they were there. The worst, that I saw, were the mid to upper level commissioned officers. It’s like they went to War College and received a lobotomy. Makes me sad to see….I’m glad I’m not beating my head against that wall now.”

“I’ve seen it. This is really been pushed hard in the past 2 years. No need to tell you why or who is doing this…none of this existed before and even younger troops are upset by the agenda forced on them.”

“I retired in Nov 22 after 35 years. refused to sit in and refused to track as the G3 the 4 mandatory Transgender Training events everyone was supposed to take. I and several others could see the change and decided it was time to leave.”

“Let this not get you down because the primary warfighters, infantry and special forces are still the best of the best. The Rangers, SEALs and AF Special Warfare have not lowered their standards and don’t let anyone into their units that they don’t trust with life. I’m a in a regular USAF unit and the DEI influences are a mere light annoyance on the ground level. The biggest problem is a culture of people joining for the wrong reasons and not taking the job seriously. It’s led to a degradation in work quality respect between teammates.”

“It’s been an issue since the early 2000’s , you couldn’t get promoted if existing while white. I know guys who watched men they trained get promoted over them constantly, DUI’s article 15s nothing mattered but skin color when it came to promotions.”

“I come from a family legacy of military service. My great uncle Jumbo rode with Pershing chasing Pancho Villa, my grandfather was a paratrooper in the Army in WWII, my Dad is a Marine who served ready at the Bay of Pigs, my Uncle is a Marine who went through the Tet Offensive in Viet Nam, I joined the Marines at age 17 with the Iran Hostage Crisis as my motivation along with the family history. My son wanted to serve and due to what you are covering today I talked him out of.”

“This is why I left the military. I was lucky enough to have more than 20 years in.”

“I was an EOD and scout sniper Corpsman. I fought on the front lines of combat in two campaigns. The military today is woke garbage. The fighting spirit has been replaced for political correctness.”