30 Republicans Urge Pentagon Chief to ‘Fight Back’ Against ‘Left-Wing Extremism’ in US Military

The Pentagon logo behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 8, 2020. Al Drago/Reuters

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) led a group of 30 House Republicans in urging Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to fight back against “creeping left-wing extremism” in the U.S. military.

Rosendale and his GOP colleagues said in a May 25 letter to Austin that they’re concerned about “the growing trend of left-wing extremism and politicization in our armed forces,” while citing several examples in support of their position that the nonpartisan legacy of the U.S. military “is now in jeopardy.”