U.S. Senator-elect Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said this week that removing woke DEI initiatives from the U.S. military is a “politicizing” move.

Slotkin made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News’ “This Week” with co-host Martha Raddatz when asked about President-elect Donald Trump’s tapping Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense.

“Hegseth has also said that any general that was involved in any of the DEI woke crap has got to go,” Raddatz said. “Do you expect Donald Trump to fire top generals who he considers woke or those close to former Chairman Mark Milley?”

Slotkin responded: “Yeah, I don’t think you have to interpret anything. I think they’ve been very clear that they’re putting together some sort of panel that’s going to look at generals, people who have served their nation the — their entire lives over multiple administrations Democrat and Republican in combat, they are now openly talking about dismissing them like some sort of kangaroo court.”

“You can imagine the stress in the Pentagon about that, but also on the future of who we are as a military, right?” she continued. “Our military and the role of the military is in the Constitution for a reason and I think we’re really at risk of politicizing the military in a way that we can’t put the genie back in the bottle.”

When Raddatz noted that the military has had issues with recruiting, Slotkin suggested that removing woke initiatives from the military would not have much of an impact on recruiting numbers.

WATCH:

Slotkin’s response to Hegseth’s view that generals who pushed DEI/woke bullshit should be fired: “We’re really at risk of politicizing the military in a way that we can’t put the genie back.”

But… it’s the DEI/woke nonsense that politicized the military!pic.twitter.com/jOkCHt0cUp

— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) November 17, 2024