LIVE: Ex-DOJ Leader SOUNDS ALARM on Trump Agenda

Pete Hegseth delivered a speech at West Point claiming 'diversity is our strength' is the 'single dumbest phrase in military history,' advocating for unity based on shared purpose and oath to the Constitution instead. The host vehemently disagreed, calling it disgusting and noting that diversity as strength was a core teaching at West Point even under President Reagan.

Hegseth stated, 'Diversity is not our strength. Unity is our strength.' The host countered, 'I joined the Army in 1983 at West Point under President Ronald Reagan, and I was taught then that diversity is our strength.'

The host alleges that Pete Hegseth has actively blocked the promotions of 40 senior officers, with half being women or people of color. This is presented as statistically impossible to be accidental, indicating a purposeful attack on diversity within the military ranks.

The host stated, 'Hexath has been purposely blocking the promotions. He has blocked promotions of 40 senior officers now... Half of those were women or persons of color, minorities. Half. Okay, that's statistically impossible to be by accident.'

Kristen Clarke, former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, expresses alarm over the current state of the Civil Rights Division, describing it as dysfunctional and weaponized. She argues that its abandonment of its mission to fully and fairly enforce the law leaves all Americans more vulnerable.

Clarke states, 'Every American is more vulnerable because we have a Civil Rights Division that is dysfunctional, and a Civil Rights Division that has abandoned its long-standing mission of fully and fairly enforcing the law. They are weaponizing and using a lot of our civil rights laws to try and achieve ends that run fully contrary to the purpose for which these laws were adopted.'

Clarke points out the alarming presence of the 'Great Replacement Theory' on the whitehouse.gov website. This theory, which falsely claims that Black people and immigrants are invading the country and taking opportunities from white people, has inspired racially motivated violence, such as the Buffalo supermarket shooting.

Clarke states, 'If you go to the White House today, you will not see anything about Juneteenth, but you will find the great replacement theory, a page on our White House, the whitehouse.gov, that that is perpetuating this really, you know, violent idea.'

The host shares a personal experience of learning about J. Milton Turner, a significant Black figure from his hometown (Kirkwood, Missouri), only in his 60s. Turner was a freedman, Civil War veteran, founder of a Black teaching school, and the first African-American ambassador to Liberia. This anecdote illustrates the pervasive issue of historical erasure in American education.

The host recounted, 'I grew up in the town where he's buried. I grew up in the town where the school named after him and I was not aware of him until I hit my 60s. We have a problem in America. We have two different sets of history in America.'