Defense Department press secretary John Kirby said Monday that he was unable to answer whether it is considered politically partisan for service members to advocate for Black Lives Matter (BLM) while at work. Asked at a press briefing whether workplace BLM talk was “considered partisan,” Kirby said he was “not able to answer that question” and that the discussion as to why could “go down a rabbit hole on a million different things.” “What we’re trying to get after here is the kind of ideology that inspires conduct and behavior that, as I said, is prejudicial to good order and discipline,” Kirby said, referring to an effort by the Pentagon to combat “extremist ideology and conduct” in the military that Republicans have called a partisan “political purge.” Kirby said “it’s not about one side or the other on the aisle.” “It’s not about what god you worship or choose not …
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