Republican congressman Eli Crane just referred to Black service members **colored people**

In 2023.

In america.

“The military was never intended to be, you know, inclusive. Its strength is not its diversity.”

Something like this used to be career ending. For republicans—it’s a prerequisite

@flexghost This guy knows NOTHING about the military -- now I'm told that he served, but he sure took the wrong lessons home with him! One of the bad apples. A foundational all-volunteer military talking point is that our diversity IS our strength.
@Nonya_Bidniss almost every Republican is a chicken hawk
@flexghost @Nonya_Bidniss redneck hicks I’d add…