The former president criticized "woke generals" during his Saturday rally in Wellington, Ohio, held to support Max Miller, a Trump-touted candidate. Miller is running a primary challenge to incumbent Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a Republican who chose in favor of denouncing Trump on the charge of inciting an insurrection.
"I said to one of the generals who was a good general. He wasn't a woke general. Do you notice the woke generals we have?" he said. "This was a real general."
The former president said critical race theory, a theory that claims there is systemic racism in many U.S. institutions, is "being forced on our military," and Trump later alluded to "the real generals" attending to defeat the Islamic State early on in his term.
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In a House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Milley had a powerful response to prior lines of asking Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz, both from Florida, had grilled Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on critical race theory in the military.
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"On the issue of critical race theory, etc., a lot of us have to get much smarter on whatever the theory is. But I do think it's important, actually, for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read," Milley said. "I want to understand white rage, and I'm white."
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Few others on the Right have denounced the notion of "woke" military training, claiming that those with conservative political views are not permitted to show themselves in the military.
"My Republican colleagues and I hear regularly from active duty and retired service members that even holding conservative values is now enough to endanger a service member’s military career," said Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.
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Trump, who is considered to be a 2024 contender, announced his first post-presidency rally earlier this month via his Save America political action committee.
"President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a major rally in Wellington, Ohio on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 7:00PM EDT," the PAC said in a statement.
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The PAC said the demonstration advocating Miller "marks President Trump's first of many appearances in support of candidates and causes that further the MAGA agenda and accomplishments of President Trump's administration."
Ohio's 16th Congressional District, where Miller and Gonzalez are going to run, is Republican-leaning, with a partisan voter index of R+8, according to the Cook Political Report. The district supported Trump over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by more than 15 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election.
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