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Laurie Buckhout: “People are not able to fight already. Recruiting is a crisis…”

Featuring: Laurie Buckhout, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House North Carolina, District 1

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The Hard Truth about What’s at Stake for the 2024 Election – with Col. Laurie Buckhout

Published | Video Starts at 23:44

It is madness. It is absolute madness. And of course, how does this affect in any positive way readiness or combat effectiveness? Degrades it. It degrades it. Thank you. People are not able to fight already. Recruiting is a crisis because America's youth are just not ready for this. They're overweight or they have other issues. They have drug issues and stuff like that. Then you add the transgender madness and it's like, wow, we need a whole lot more work to get America's youth back. (23:44–23:54)

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Asserts that recruiting is a crisis due to unpreparedness and health issues among America's youth.

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