He came from Missouri. His parents were both pro-confederate. He had a racist background. And yet, here is a guy who, in 1948, election year, when he knows it's going to hurt him politically, he moves to integrate the Armed Services.
Scarborough highlights Harry Truman's evolution on racial issues and his decision to integrate the military despite political risks.
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This is what happens when you have a defense secretary that’s obsessed about the color of people’s skin, whether somebody is a man or a woman, testosterone levels, this obsession over DEI, and that’s all we ever hear about.
This was abysmal planning, and any other secretary of defense would have been fired by now.
Truman marshaled the resources and the support from Republicans and Democrats alike to actually stand up and contain the Soviet Union spread and to ensure freedom in Europe.
“Guys swearing — ‘blah, blah, what the F!’ — and then you had other people, you know, ‘What’s the color of your tie? What’s the color of the carpet?’ ”
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