our military of the resources they need and use our military as a social experiment as opposed to, you know, hone our war-fighting capability. so particularly in the administration, the current military brass seems to be more concerned about wokeness than they are military readiness, and every american should be concerned about this. i m concerned that they re missing recruitment goals partly because if you re a young man or a young woman that wants to join and defend this nation, you not particularly interested in social experiments. you actually want to become a war fighter to defend this nation and our freedoms. so i think that s one of the reasons the recruitment numbers are down. maria: yeah. look at the suspended fbi agents who have become whistleblowers. they want to know will you commit to educating personnel that january 6th protesters did not kill any police officers, senator? well, again, the politicization throughout the federal government, through federal law enforcement
maria: well, this is what i want to zero in on, because i ve been saying for years now that this is a joe biden story, this is not a hunter biden story. because what they were selling was access to joe whether he was a sitting senator or whether he was the vice president. how long has this been going on, and what did joe biden do? he would make you believe that he knew nothing about it other than putting hunter bide on on biden on air force two to go visit chinese officials. it s more than air force two. joe biden met with every person he said he never met. joe biden was actively involved. what the biden family was doing was selling access to joe biden hawaii s the family business. that s the family business. they didn t manufacture anything, they didn t sell anything, he were influence peddling. so it s very concerning when you look at who they were influence peddling with. they were influence peddling with our adversaries many russia, ukraine and, most concerning, china. maria:
maria: welcome back. president biden s own defense department issuing a critical report on the president s botched withdrawal from afghanistan last year, summing up that it was a propaganda gift to china. the report goes on to say that china used the hasty exit to convince other world leaders that the u.s. is just not a reliable ally. joining us right now is senator ron johnson, member of the senate homeland security committee. senator, thanks so much for being here. before i get to the pentagon report and what has gone on since the afghanistan botched withdrawal, i want to get your take on the news of the weekend and this data dump by e horn musk indicating elon musk indicating this massive collusion which you pretty much predicted with the media end of it anyway. your thoughts. good morning, maria. how many times have i come on your show here over the last 2 the-3 years and talked about how
maria: welcome back. i am back now with senator ron johnson. senator, it s just an enormous story of politicization of these agencies. and i want to get your take on this breaking news that we had this morning. kevin mccarthy joined me at the top of the show, and he told me he did manage to convince joe biden to lift the mandate on vaccines for the military. that s going to be in the ndaa dropping week. your thoughts on what has taken place in the military. i mean, look, the fbi has been denying they have been purging conservative workers. how many people lost their job because they wouldn t get the vaccine, senator? the military, i think, is about 8,000 service members, another 17,000 waiting termination on religious exemptions. a number of senators and i called on our leadership to block cloture on the national defense authorization act until they do lift the mandates. this would be good news, if that s going to happen. dates back to the bill clinton administration as they starve
to zero in on, because i ve been saying for years now that this is a joe biden story, this is not a hunter biden story. because what they were selling was access to joe whether he was a sitting senator or whether he was the vice president. how long has this been going on, and what did joe biden do? he would make you believe that he knew nothing about it other than putting hunter bide on on biden on air force two to go visit chinese officials. it s more than air force two. joe biden met with every person he said he never met. joe biden was actively involved. what the biden family was doing was selling access to joe biden hawaii s the family business. that s the family business. they didn t manufacture anything, they didn t sell anything, he were influence peddling. so it s very concerning when you look at who they were influence peddling with. they were influence peddling with our adversaries many russia, ukraine and, most concerning, china. maria: unbelievable. and that s what i